Students from 16 different vocational/technical areas of study in seven postsecondary complexes in Mississippi (representing a cross-section of all junior colleges in the State) were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to identify reading levels. The FORCAST readability formula (Klare, 1974) was used to determine the readability level of each of the 230 textbooks used in the postsecondary vocational and technical courses. Results showed that the mean reading levels of all students varied from 1 to 4 grade levels from the mean readability levels of texts used in instructing them. All of the texts measured indicated reading levels above the 10.63 grade level. Overall, the vocational areas indicated a 1.57 larger discrepancy than the technical areas. The report presents and discusses data on the number of students, reading range, and mean reading grade level for each of the 16 different vocational/technical areas of study. It also lists title, bibliographic information, and mean readability level for every text used in each of the 16 areas: (1) Auto body and fender repair, (2) auto mechanics, (3) farm equipment, (4) heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning, (5) industrial electricity, (6) machine shop, (7) practical nursing, (8) radio and TV repair, (9) sheet metal, (10) welding, (11) cosmetology, (12) data processing, (13) distribution and marketing, (14) drafting and design, (15) electronics, (16) secretarial science. (HD)