Reviews data indicating that overall reading achievement in the primary grades is as good or better than ever before, and points to inaccuracies in critics' claims to the contrary. (MKM)

Differences in readers' perceptual style and conceptual temp may influence how they select, perceive, and organize graphic information for meaning. (RB)

Describes the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests and evaluates their suitability for testing reading, concluding that they appear to be carefully developed survey tests of general reading achievement. (DD)

Reports the results of a longitudinal study that associated reading achievement with volume of reading and the selection of a book with its content, appearance, and its popularity with the reader's friends. (AEA)

Reports on a survey of 78 seventh-grade students, conducted to investigate the relationship between television viewing and reading achievement. Notes that good readers' viewing habits were not significantly different from those of poor readers. (JT)

Shows that the electronic media compete with reading and may affect students' reading achievement. (FL)

Reviews research concerning television's impact on students' reading interests and achievement. (MKM)

Reviews the research on reading achievement for the last 50 years and concludes that anyone who knows that literacy is declining is ignoring the data. (RB)

Describes a relatively easy and empirically evolved formula that can predict the reading achievement of low IQ children. (HOD)

Describes a model for a comprehensive reading program that identifies critical elements of a program and their relationship to one another. (MKM)

Reports that reading achievement in the elementary grades is consistently rising and that older students may not be developing the higher level reading skills. (AEA)

Comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the reading portions of the California Achievement Tests. (JT)

Discusses the controversy that was highlighted in the 1979 court case in Ann Arbor Michigan over the role of Black English in students' achievement ; and notes the effects of poverty and motivation on achievement. (MKM)

Describes the teacher's center created in the Memphis (Tenn.) schools to provide inservice education on reading instruction. (HOD)

Presents a review of the resources, conclusions, and limitations of the data on trends in reading ability in America between 1840 and 1990. Shows that, contrary to popular belief, today's students read better than yesterday's. (SR)