ReadingRecovery
By Diana Babb
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Locations Used
•Developed in New Zealand
•Operates in most states in the United States
•Operates in the Department of DefenseDependents Schools
•Operates in Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools
•Operates in Canada, the United Kingdom andAustralia
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Goals of Reading Recovery
•to dramatically reduce the umber offirst-grade students who have extremedifficulty learning to read and write
•to reduce the cost of these learners toeducational systems
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Who is Served by Reading Recovery?
•Reading Recovery serves the lowest-achieving first graders—the studentswho are not catching on to thecomplex set of concepts that makereading and writing possible.
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What is Reading Recovery?
•Individual students receive a half-hour lesson eachschool day for 12 to 20 weeks with a speciallytrained Reading Recovery teacher. As soon asstudents can meet grade-level expectations anddemonstrate that they can continue to workindependently in the classroom, their lessons arediscontinued, and new students begin individualinstruction.
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What Curriculum is Used?
The Reading Recovery program cannot becompared with any classroom program or anyteaching method. It is designed to take thechildren who become the lowest achievers in anyclassroom program and were taught by anyteaching method and provide them with a series oflessons supplementary to that program.
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Assessment in Reading Recovery
In Reading Recovery, carefulobservation of reading and writingbehaviors guides teaching decisions.As teachers gather data they aligntheir teaching with what a childactually does.
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Success Rate
75% of students who completethe intervention meet gradelevel expectations in readingand writing
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Long-term Effects
Follow-up studies show thatstudents who have beenthrough the programmaintain their gains in lateryears.
