Oversight Hearing on Reading Programs and Hearing on H. R. 8304 and H. R. 9048; Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 94th Congress, First Session on H. R. 8304 and H. R. 9048, November 13, 1975.

Two bills concerning national reading programs were the subjects of a hearing held in Washington, D. C. on November 13, 1975, by the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. H. R. 9048 is a bill to provide federal assistance for the distribution of inexpensive books to school children; H. R. 8304 is a bill to amend the national reading improvement program to provide more flexibility in the types of projects which can be funded. Representatives present for the hearing were Carl Perkins, Shirley Chisholm, Leo Zeferetti, George Miller, Albert Quie, and John Buchanan. Topics for presentation and discussion were the level of national reading achievement and literacy, factors involved in reading achievement, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Right to Read Program, and reading academies for adults sponsored by Right to Read. Statements about the above topics were presented by Terrel Bell, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Andrew Porter, Acting Associate Director for Basic Skills, National Institute of Education; and several of the officials of the above named national programs. (MKM) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Overview).