Two outstanding reports on the efficacy of Reading Recovery intervention on student achievement have been recently released, one by the What Works Clearinghouse (an update of its former validation) and a major study released in England on the effects of their Every Child a Reader initiative. I"ve attached the press release we distributed last week, and please find below two links to the WWC and the UK study.
The significance of these studies includes: meaning-based instruction for initially low-performing children works; at-risk children can learn to read on continuous text (read: phonics worksheets unnecessary); one-to-one instruction is viable for delivering intervention for accelerating pupil learning in order to catch up to their peers; teacher professional development continues to be affirmed as the primary factor for improving reading achievement.
Judith
Links:
WWC Page Revised - http://www.readingrecovery.org/research/what_works/index.asp
Every Child a Reader Page - http://www.readingrecovery.org/rrcna/news/UK_Literacy_News-08.asp
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