National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) became a continuing project of the Education Commission of the States on July 1, 1969. Its primary aim is to obtain information on how well educated young people are and where the country's education problem areas lie. NAEP exercises have been constructed to provide information by 3 divisions: (1)…

The major hypothesis tested in this study was that low and average ability subjects could use the strategy of root analysis if instruction could be designed so as to compensate for individual weaknesses. Eighty-eight sixth grade middle class subjects were randomly assigned to self-instructional treatments to learn the root analysis strategy.…

This study investigated the relationships between critical reading ability and sex, intelligence, and reading achievement and the differences in critical reading ability of students from grades four to five to six. A 30-item Intermediate Critical Reading Test (ICRT) developed by the investigator on a 3.5 or below readability level, the California…

Reading instruction should be modified to make it compatible with students' perceptual skills. Assessing the adequacy of a student's perception is pertinent to planning his reading instructional program--not because the teacher can then teach to a preferred modality but, rather, because it can help the teacher determine whether the student has…

There are many pros and cons to the recent trend of early reading. The opponents fear that too much emphasis on early reading may lead to a less rounded development of the child; they agree on providing the child with richer and more varied experiences to insure reading readiness. The advocates believe that today's children have already had more…

A summary of the results of the Metropolitan Upper Primary Reading Test, Form B, which was administered to third grade pupils in Vancouver, is presented. Included are tables of local norms and comparisons of the results of earlier surveys. Because of the large number of perfect scores, it was concluded that the tests were too easy for many pupils.…

Results of the Gates-Macginitie Reading Test for sixth graders are summarized. Tables include information for each subtest concerning mean scores, percentile ranks, grade equivalent scores, and standard scores. The level of achievement in this survey was lower than that of previous surveys. (MS)

The relationship between the ability of elementary pupils to blend phonemes in nonsense syllables and their silent reading achievement was examined. An original test designed to measure phoneme blending of nonsense syllables was administered to 252 boys and girls randomly selected from grades 1 through 6 and from a wide ethnic and socioeconomic…

The reading achievement scores of over 3,000 students in grades 1 to 3 in 11 inner-city schools were studied to evaluate the effectiveness of the Sullivan Programmed Reading Series. All participating teachers were trained and aided by preservice and inservice workshops, building reading consultants, a speech improvement teacher, an instructional…

The purpose of this book is to provide the special educator and the general educator with a basic reference tool concerning the slow learner and the reading problem. The text is divided into two sections. The first section, "An Overview of Selected Factors Relative to Reading and the Slow Learner," includes six chapters that discuss selected…

An analysis of vertical grade grouping was conducted with 108 pupils in grades one through six. The control group consisted of 107 pupils arranged in a singly graded manner. Three hypotheses stated in null form were: (1) There will be no significant differences in change in attitudes toward reading when comparisons are made between vertically and…

To appraise the value of a creative dramatics program in a public library setting was the purpose of this study. Nine public library branches comprised the setting for the experiment. At each branch there were three units: (1) creative dramatics, (2) storytelling, and (3) library usage. Storytelling and library usage were the control group. Pre…

Forty-four 7-11 year-old subjects with normal to high IQ's but who fell in the lower half of their respective age groups in reading were studied to determine the relative effectiveness of perceptual motor training (PMT) and individualized remedial reading instruction (IRRI) upon the reading achievement, perceptual motor development, and behavior…

Presented is a procedure that could be used by a school system to identify by the end of first grade those children who are likely to underachieve (achieve or overachieve) in reading by the third grade. The procedure consists of (1) Defining underachievers, achievers, and overachievers through use of regression and its standard error, (2)…

The Remedial Reading Laboratories program was designed to improve the reading achievement of disadvantaged students in grades four through 12 and thereby enable them to profit from regular classroom instruction. The program also aimed at improving the students' self-esteem and self-confidence. In 1969-70 classes were offered to over 1,000…