The first two parts of a three-part final report on a series of studies that examined the nature, characteristics, and effects of verbal feedback to student reading miscues are contained in this volume. Part I consists of a summary of the nine specific objectives of the research, an overview of the project's methods, and the findings for each of the objectives. The introductory sections in part II contain the project's rationale, a short history of oral reading pedagogy, and information on the nature of teacher verbal feedback to miscues. The largest portion of this section contains comprehensive summaries of three major and several follow-up studies. An extended discussion of the studies' findings and the implications of these results for instruction and future research completes the volume. (JL)