ABSTRACT
When William S. Gray was cataloging reading research more than 50 years ago, do you think he could have foreseen the explosion of research in language arts since the end of World War II? Gray’s annual summaries of research became a major contribution to the profession, and the annual summary of research in reading has been carried forward over the past 20 years by Sam Weintraub and his associates. Today, it is almost inconceivable that a language arts dissertation or major study would not make use of current annual summaries in reading, English, and instruction.
