Reviews materials on speed reading located in the ERIC data base. (MKM)

Provides information about the existence, purposes, and design of state mandated reading assessment programs. (MKM)

Suggests caution in using readability formulas in determining how to use a textbook for instruction and suggests other factors to consider. (MKM)

Describes how to construct a reading guide to help students understand mathematical word problems. (MKM)

Analyzes instructional materials according to five criteria: readability, concept load, background information, organization, and format and style. (MB)

Describes how to evaluate reading assignments so that teachers will know when and how to intervene. (MB)

Determined the effects of parent counseling on the reading attitudes and reading comprehension of remedial readers. Concluded that parent counseling improves both reading comprehension and reading attitudes perhaps because the reduction of tension for parents and students allowed the students to take more risks as they read. (SRT)

Relates current trends in public interpretations of reading research, which are prone to exaggeration and paranoia, to G. Larson's "Far Side" cartoons. Notes a substantial gap between what is taught in the schools to develop literacy abilities and what is demanded in society to demonstrate literacy competence. (SKC)

Presents (1) a dialogue approach to spelling for remedial students, (2) a list of activities that can encourage students to be active readers of poetry, (3) guidelines for modifying tests for mainstreamed students, (4) a method of encouraging efficient notetaking which utilizes active class involvement, and (5) the addresses of several…

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

Explores the factors leading to teacher burnout and offers strategies for alleviating them. (FL)

Focuses on keys to managing a mastery learning model of instruction. (AEA)

Argues that educators faced with community concerns over the selection of instructional materials should devise an instrument to measure the attitudes of school board members (who represent the community) and teachers concerning the choice of reading materials dealing with controversial subjects. Includes a copy of such a survey instrument. (FL)

Provides information on the federally sponsored National Diffusion Network and describes how one exemplary reading program was transferred to a school across the continent. (MKM)