Distilling and interpreting past and current research on the effective teaching of reading is the focus of this volume. The titles and authors are as follows: "Research in Effective Teaching: An Overview of Its Development" (William H. Rupley, Beth S. Wise, and John W. Logan); "Process-Product Research on Effective Teaching: A Primer for a Paradigm" (James V. Hoffman); "Principles for Conducting First Grade Reading Group Instruction" (Jere Brophy); "Effective Use of Time in Secondary Reading Programs" (Jane A. Stallings); "Case Study of a Changing Reading Program and the Role of Teacher Effectiveness Research" (Mark W. F. Condon and Marilyn B. Kapel); "Effective Use of Instructional Time: The Cupertino Project" (Martha Rapp Haggard and Jennifer Reese Better); "Changing Teacher Practice: A Research Based School Improvement Study (Gary A. Griffin and Susan Barnes); "Instructional Decision Making and Reading Teacher Effectiveness" (Gerald G. Duffy and Deborah L. Ball); "Studying Qualitative Dimensions of Instructional Effectiveness" (Laura R. Roehler and Gerald G. Duffy); "Project READ: An Inservice Model for Training Classroom Teachers in Effective Reading Instruction" (Robert Calfee and Marcia K. Henry); "The Madeline Hunter Model of Teacher Effectiveness" (Renee Weisberg); "Policy Constraints and Effective Compensatory Reading Instruction: A Review" (Richard L. Allington); and "What We Know and What We Need to Learn About Reading Instruction" (Rebecca Barr). (EL)