experiment to determine the effectiveness of the S.R.A. reading laboratory as compared with other instructional materials in remedial reading classes for tenth grade pupils at Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida, in the school year 1957-58

"In this study an experiment was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the S.R.A. Reading Laboratory as compared with other instructional materials used in remedial reading classes for tenth grade pupils at Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida, in the school year 1957-58. The S.R.A. Reading Laboratory is a kit of reading materials designed to help pupils improve in reading skills by providing highly interesting factual prose selections of varying degrees of difficulty. Essence of the Reading Laboratory plan is provision for each pupil to read selections of the right degree of difficulty for him. Suitable comprehension and word-study exercises follow each reading activity. Pupils check and evaluate their own work and keep a graphic record of their progress in individual student record books. Each pupil advances to a higher reading level when he is ready"--Introduction.