A Measure of Student Attitude toward Reading and Self as Reader — A Summary Report a

Abstract

Reports on the relationship among attitude towards reading, participation in compensatory reading programs and reading achievement. Results of a massive descriptive and analytic study of compensatory reading programs in grades two, four and six in U.S. public schools are summarized. The development of attitude scales is described. Overall, students in compensatory programs showed greater attitude gains than students not participating in such programs, even though in many cases the opposite was true for gains in reading achievement.