This yearbook contains selected papers presented at the twenty-third and twenty-fourth annual meetings of the North Central Reading Association, held in October of 1981 and 1982. Papers in the yearbook include: "History of Adult Reading Programs" (Clarence Anderson); "About Creativity and Study Skills" (Mark E. Thompson); "Recent Changes in Student Life Styles: Effects on Reading" (Dale M. Brethower); "Learning Style Inventories: Boon or Boondoggle for College-Adult Reading Programs?" (James E. Walker); "Reducing Test Anxiety Effects on Reading Comprehension of College Students" (David M. Wark and others); "Case Reports on Test Anxiety" (Anna L. Fussel); "OVOL--Reading/Clozure/Deletions Optimum Involvement: Theoretical Reading Improvement Model and CLozure Pilot Study" (Bruce Lloyd and others); "Individualizing a Reading and Study Skills Course" (Susan Whitmer); "Computerized Diagnosis/Prescription in a Learning Lab" (Donald Goodman and Sandra Schwab); "Learning Skills and Learning Environment: Relating Developmental Courses to Institutional Expectations and Demands" (Sharon L. Smith and Janet J. Jackson); "But Does it Transfer?" (Lee McMillen and Cleo McMillen); and "Annotated Bibliography of Reading Tests" (Joseph A. Fisher). (RS)