Issues in reading teacher education as well as other aspects of reading instruction are the focus of this yearbook. Titles of some of the articles and their authors are as follows: "Sampling Bias Limitations in Generalizations in Reporting Scores on Standardized and Criterion Referenced Reading Tests" (L. Carswell and W. White); "A Comparison of Social Science Textbook Readability and Students' Reading Levels" (B. Townsend and C. Wilkie); "Imaging Creative Reading/Writing Experiences" (O. Wielan); "Teacher Education of Community College Reading Educators" (B. Herrmann); "An Exploration of Preservice Teachers' Conceptual Change during Reading Methods Instruction" (S. Michelson and others); "Reading Achievement Trends of Fourth Grade Students" (B. Hayes); "Assessment of Preservice Teachers" (A. Mallery and others); "Preparation in Reading and Educator Certification" (R. Flippo and D. Hayes); "Toward Evolving a Profile of the 'Satisfied' Reading Professional" (R. Morgan and others); (14) "Effects of a Content Area Reading Class on Attitudes and Practices of Secondary Teachers" (V. Orlando); "Tab Item: Assessing Students' Application of Reading Theory" (C. Nichols and V. Orlando); "An Analytic Approach to Teaching Microcomputer Programming to Classroom Teachers" (D. Richgels); "The New Reading Circle" (G. Fortier and G. Manson); "Project Mafex" (M. Malone); "A Study to Determine the Capability of Teachers and to Predict the Reading Interest of Pupils" (H. Blythe and S. Carter); "The Professional Preparation of College Reading and Study Skills Specialists" (N. Stahl and others); "The Use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies of Good and Poor Readers" (N. Kaufman and A. Randlett); "Assessing and Remediating the Reading and Writing Skills of Prospective Teachers" (L. Amspaugh); "Program Diversification in a College Developmental Reading Program" (D. Rosecrans); "Predicting and Evaluating Student Teachers' Performance in Reading Instruction" (T. Lovelace and others); "Helping Students Follow Written Directions" (W. Henk and G. King); "The Ghost of Computers Past, Present, and Future" (A. Prince); "Emergent Reading Levels" (W. Powell); "Mainstreaming and the Merging of Roles in Reading Instruction" (L. Tomlinson); "Teachers' Perceptions of Factors that Hinder Reading Instruction" (E. Searls and others); "Less than Words Can Say about the Certification of Reading Teachers" (W. Otto); "The Governance of Reading Education" (P. Duncan); "Plans of Action--Tools for Initiating Change in School Reading Programs" (J. Laffey and D. Kelly); "Toward a Core Curriculum for Reading Education" (A. Manzo); "Survey of American Reading Educators" (L. Erickson and others); "Theoretical Aspects of Graduate Reading Foundations Courses" (M. Fairbanks and others); "Comprehension: The Forgotten Conclusions of the Training of Teachers of Reading" (J. Dinnan); "A Comparison Study of Background Knowledge of College Undergraduates" (M. Alvarez and others); "Bilingual Education" (S. Kossack). (SKC)