Reading Recovery
By: Shelby Janowski
What is it?
•Developed in New Zealand 30 years ago
•Is now used in most of the United States, Canada, the
UK, and Australia
Basic Information:
The Goal:
- Decrease the number of first-grade students who have extreme difficulty learning to read and write
- Reduce the cost that educational systems are having to pay because of these students
Positive Outcomes:
- Approximately 75% of students who complete the full 12- to 20-week intervention can meet grade-level expectations in reading and writing, since Reading Recovery began in 1984.
- Most Reading Recovery students do well on standardized tests and maintain their gains in later years
- The small number of students who are still struggling after completing the full intervention, are recommended for further evaluation
- May be recommended for additional support:
- Classroom support
- Title I
- Language Disorder referral