Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores issues affecting high school literature programs. The digest first explores whether a literature curriculum can be based upon the results of limited surveys of high school reading interests. Next, the digest addresses the question of what literature to include in a program, and then examines concerns other professionals have raised about literature instruction. The digest concludes by noting that the debate about what to include in the literature program has evolved into a two-pronged battle: determining the criteria that should be brought to bear on decisions about what to teach, and, once that is decided, determining how literature should be taught. (HOD)