Dedication / Michael L. Kamil and P. David Pearson -- Transitions: looking back and looking ahead / P. David Pearson and Michael L. Kamil -- Preface: reading research in a changing era: an introduction to the Handbook of reading research, volume IV / Michael L. Kamil ... [et al.] -- Researching the teaching of reading through direct observation: tools, methodologies, and guidelines for the future / James V. Hoffman, Beth Maloch, and Misty Sailors -- Methods of automated text analysis / Arthur C. Graesser, Danielle S. McNamara, and Max M. Louwerse -- Statistical modeling in literacy research / Christopher Schatschneider and Yaacov Petscher -- Designing and conducting literacy intervention research / Donald D. Deshler ... [et al.] -- Cultural perspectives in reading: theory and research / Robert Rueda -- Supporting early (and later) literacy development at home and at school: the long view / Jeanne R. Paratore, Christina M. Cassano, and Judith A. Schickedanz -- Primary grade reading / Barbara R. Foorman and Carol M. Connor -- Adolescents as readers / Patricia A. Alexander and Emily Fox -- Adult Literacy (age 18 and beyond) / Greg Brooks -- The development of comprehension / Nell K. Duke and Joanne Carlisle -- Word recognition / Theresa A. Roberts, Catherine Christo, and John A. Shefelbine -- Orthographic processing in models of word recognition / Anne E. Cunningham, Ruth G. Nathan, and Katie Schmidt Raher -- Reading fluency / Timothy V. Rasinski ... [et al.] -- Oral discourse and reading / Joshua F. Lawrence and Catherine E. Snow -- Locating struggling readers in a reconfigured landscape: a conceptual review / Linda Kucan and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar -- A dialogic turn in research on learning and teaching to comprehend / Ian A.G. Wilkinson and Eun Hye Son -- Toward a theory of word selection / William E. Nagy and Elfrieda H. Hiebert -- The development and teaching of word recognition skill / William E. Tunmer and Tom Nicholson -- The teaching and learning of critical literacy: beyond the "show of wisdom" / Peter Freebody and Jill Freiberg -- The role of text in disciplinary learning / Elizabeth Birr Moje ... [et al.] -- The classroom assessment of reading / Peter P. Afflerbach and Byeong-Young Cho -- The role of culture in literacy, learning, and teaching / Guofang Li -- Popular culture and literacy practices / Donna E. Alvermann -- Reading policy in the era of accountability / Cynthia E. Coburn, P. David Pearson, and Sarah Woulfin -- Reading and school reform / Barbara M. Taylor, Taffy E. Raphael, and Kathryn H. Au -- Professional development and teacher education for reading instruction / Deborah R. Dillon ... [et al.] -- Second language reading acquisition / Ludo Verhoeven -- Reading instruction for English language learners / Claude Goldenberg -- Literacy out of school: a review of research on programs and practices / David E. Kirkland and Glynda A. Hull -- Family literacy: a current view of research on parents and children learning together / Flora V. Rodriguez-Brown.