Oversight Hearing on Reading Programs and Hearing on H.R. 8304 and H.R. 9048: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ... Washington, D.C., November 13, 1975 |
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... Reading Is Fundamental , ac- companied by Dr. Sydney Nelson , President and ... Reading Is Fundamental : Location of RIF projects --- Newspaper articles : 2d graders ... Skills , Na- tional Institute of Education , Department of Health ...
... Reading Is Fundamental , ac- companied by Dr. Sydney Nelson , President and ... Reading Is Fundamental : Location of RIF projects --- Newspaper articles : 2d graders ... Skills , Na- tional Institute of Education , Department of Health ...
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... literacy skills . The National Assessment has also demonstrated that poor students , minority students , and rural students - all students who have traditionally shown low reading abililty - have increased their literacy to a ...
... literacy skills . The National Assessment has also demonstrated that poor students , minority students , and rural students - all students who have traditionally shown low reading abililty - have increased their literacy to a ...
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... Skills Group , National Institute of Education ; Dr. Charles D. Shipman , Acting Director , Right to Read Program , U.S. Office of Education ; Mr. Richard A. Hastings , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation ( Educa- tion ) ; and Dr ...
... Skills Group , National Institute of Education ; Dr. Charles D. Shipman , Acting Director , Right to Read Program , U.S. Office of Education ; Mr. Richard A. Hastings , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation ( Educa- tion ) ; and Dr ...
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... reading problems . Still millions more have the skills of reading but do not use them . Several recent studies have also focused on the extent of our reading prob- lem . As I have indicated , Dr. Porter is with me today to briefly ...
... reading problems . Still millions more have the skills of reading but do not use them . Several recent studies have also focused on the extent of our reading prob- lem . As I have indicated , Dr. Porter is with me today to briefly ...
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... reading program , ( 2 ) the assessment of functional literacy of 17 years old , ( 3 ) identification and dissemination of promising reading ... skills of teachers , administrators , parapro- fessionals , librarians , and others associated ...
... reading program , ( 2 ) the assessment of functional literacy of 17 years old , ( 3 ) identification and dissemination of promising reading ... skills of teachers , administrators , parapro- fessionals , librarians , and others associated ...
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Active RIF Projects adults Alpha Kappa Alpha amendments ANDREW PORTER areas average basic reading BELL book distribution Chairman PERKINS child CHISHOLM Commissioner committee CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Developing RIF Projects education agency EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE elementary and secondary elementary school evaluation exercises Federal Government functional literacy funding grade level groups high school in-service inexpensive books instruction involved leadership learning LIBRARY OF CONGRESS McNamara million mini-assessment Minnesota Right motivation NAEP National Assessment Oneonta organization paperbacks parents percent population questions QUIE Read effort Read program Read School District reading achievement reading director reading improvement Reading Is Fundamental reading performance reading problem reading skills responsibility RIF programs Right to Read Right-to-Read Program school districts secondary school superior readers TED RISENHOOVER test score decline Thank tion Title VII TURNBULL volunteers
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Page 4 - secondary school" means a day or residential school which provides secondary education, as determined under State law, except that it does not include any education provided beyond grade 12.
Page 3 - elementary school" means a day or residential school which provides elementary education, as determined under State law. (4) The term "equipment" includes machinery, utilities and built-in equipment and any necessary enclosures or structures to house them, and includes all other items necessary for the provision of educational...
Page 3 - USC 529), to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of...
Page 2 - SEC. 724. The Commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements 20 USC 1964. pursuant to this section with State educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies of leadership and training activities designed to prepare personnel throughout the State to conduct projects which have been demonstrated in that State or other States to be effective in overcoming reading deficiencies. The activities authorized by this section shall be limited to — "(1) assessments of need, including personnel...
Page 3 - nonprofit" as applied to a school, agency, organization, or institution means a school, agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. (d) The term "secondary school...
Page 2 - Section 705 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection : "(h) From the sums appropriated for the purposes of this part for any fiscal year, the Commissioner may pay to each State educational agency, in addition to any amounts paid to such agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the, amount necessary to meet the costs of carrying out its responsibilities under this section, including the costs of the advisory council required to be established pursuant...
Page 32 - ... so deficient in reading skills that the covers of books are closed to them. It is incumbent upon all who desire a better America, public officials and private citizens alike, to help improve both our intellectual resources and the free flow of information within and across our national boundaries. First, we must abolish functional illiteracy so that all our citizens rich and poor alike, will have a better chance to learn from the accumulated wisdom of man. This is the goal of our "Right to Read...
Page 2 - ... grant under this part, and notifies the State educational agency concerned, or (iii) in the case of a preelementary school program any nonprofit educational agency or child care institution in that State desires to receive a grant under this part, and notifies the State educational agency concerned.
Page 44 - Is Fundamental is remedying this need in a unique way, and it is motivating not only children to read but also their parents to follow suit. It is a powerful program and I should like to see it grow throughout our country. Mrs. McNAMARA. Yes. May I just add one tiny thing, and that is to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, "In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfaction is provided with a resource against calamity.
Page 85 - September 30, 1976, with State educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies of leadership and training activities designed to prepare personnel throughout the State to conduct projects which have been demonstrated in that State or in other States to be effective in overcoming reading deficiencies. These activities shall be limited to...