This book capitalizes on the authors' longitudinal perspective in
program development in approaching a K-12 reading strategy, The school
administrator and classroom teacher will find the book's guidelines
right to the point. They hit the key issues involved in selecting a
reading program: from forming workable and effective professional
committees, to conducting the essential evaluations. Anyone who has been
through this process will recognize the wealth of expertise required to
condense what could be a ponderous and arcane task, into the coherent
set of steps and procedures presented in this book. The graphs and
tables are invaluable. They will prove enormously helpful in performing
each of the tasks in program selections. The authors have set form a
process that should enable a school district to optimize the selection
and applications of resources in order to maximize pupil learning
opportunity. Practitioners will not be disappointed.