I. Introduction 1. A Personal Perspective 2. A Brief History of Informal Reading Diagnosis II. Diagnosing Reading Problems 3. Administering an Informal Reading Diagnosis 4. Interpretation of Reading Scores 5. Beyond the Initial Reading Diagnosis III. Correcting Reading Problems 6. Preventing Reading Problems in the Early Grades 7. Correcting Reading Problems in the Later Grades: I. Basic Teaching Strategies 8. Correcting Reading Problems in the Later Grades: II. Case Studies IV. Training Reading Teachers 9. Clinical Training for Teachers of Reading