Reading Recovery
Powerful Proven Results
Reading Recovery Success
Reading Recovery Results
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1.7 million American first graders
Tens of thousands of teachers trained in
Reading Recovery
Data collected on every student
75% of students with a full series of
lessons reached grade-level standard
Reading Recovery Works
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What Works Clearinghouse independent
review of research
High ratings across all 4 domains
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1. Alphabetics
2. Fluency
3. Comprehension
4. General Reading Achievement
No other intervention measures up
For more information go to http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc//
Measurable Results in Weeks
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30-minute daily lessons for just
12-20 weeks, not years
One-to-one teaching
Reading Recovery teacher works
closely with classroom teacher
Reading Recovery at White Oak
Intervention Status of All Recovery Students
Served: White Oak Elementary School, 2008-2009
Discontinued
72%
None of Above
0%
Moved
4%
Incomplete
12%
Building
White Oak ES
TOTAL
Discontinued
n
row %
18
18
72%
72%
Recommended
12%
Intervention Status
Recommended
Incomplete
Moved
n
row %
n
row %
n
row %
3
3
12%
12%
3
3
12%
12%
1
1
4%
4%
Total
None of Above
n
row%
0
0
0%
0%
n
25
25
Intervention Status of Reading Recovery Children with
Complete Interventions: White Oak Elementary School,
2008-2009
Discontinued
86%
Recommended
14%
Building
White Oak ES
Total
Complete Interventions
Total
Discontinued
n
n
row %
21
21
18
18
86%
86%
Writing Vocabulary
Beginning of lessons
After a series of lessons
Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words
After a series of lessons
Beginning of lessons
Reading Level
Level 2 - Beginning of lessons
Level 16 - After a series of lessons
Buffy by Lucy Lawrence
Stone Soup retold by Annette Smith
Powerful Professional Development-Continuing
Contact for Trained Teachers Includes:
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7 sessions per year
2 “Behind the Glass” lessons per
session
Non-profit, university-school
partnership
Reading Recovery’s highly skilled
teachers fill other roles that are an
integral part of White Oak’s School
Improvement Plan
A key literacy component of
Responsiveness to Instruction (RtI)
Edenton-Chowan Reading Recovery
Training Site Serves:
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Beaufort
Chowan
Currituck
Gates
Hyde
Northampton
Pasquotank
Perquimans
Intervention Status of All Reading Recovery Students
Served: Edenton-Chowan SITE, 2008-2009
Discontinued
75%
None of Above
0%
Moved
4%
Incomplete
11%
Recommended
10%
Intervention Status of Reading Recovery
Students with Complete Interventions: EdentonChowan SITE, 2008-2009
Discontinued
88%
Recommended
12%
2009-2010 Training Class
Reading Recovery Initial Training
includes:
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Three Day Summer Institute
Weekly Classes
On the job training
6 “Behind the Glass” sessions teaching
students
 6 hours graduate credit in Reading from
UNC-W
Site Coordinator Role
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General administrative support for teacher leader
Assist with recruitment of new Reading Recovery
teachers and teacher leader training
Contact between participating districts and university
Assist teacher leader in reporting student progress
data to the eight counties served
Provide information and promote Reading Recovery
Oversee budgeting & report to superintendent
Collaborate with school leadership to ensure
standards and implementation requirements are met
Cost for Initial Training
Training Fee : $1,800.00 per Teacher
• Three Day Summer Institute
• Weekly Training Class (3 Hrs.)
• 4 On-Site visits
• Professional Materials (Textbooks)
• Annual Site Report
• National Data Fee
Costs for Ongoing Support
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$700.00 Per Teacher
Professional development for Trained
Teachers (Six Sessions)
1-2 on-site visits by teacher leader
Annual Site Report
National Data Fee
Costs Paid by LEA
•Instructional Materials & Supplies for Children
$1,000.00
•Annual Affiliation Fee to UNCW
$400.00 per District per year
•UNCW Tuition
$900.00 (6 Graduate Credit Hours)
Subject to change by Legislature
Long-Term Cost Benefits
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All children make progress
School receives a diagnostic history for
children who need additional screening
or services
Majority of children reach grade-level
standard in just 12-20 weeks
Compare the Alternatives
(Based on average teacher salary and
benefits - $60,000 annually)
Question: How many children in each option reach
grade level proficiency?
Intervention
Annual per Pupil
Cost
Average Time in
Program
Per Pupil Cost
over Time
Retention
$9,200
1 year
$9,200
Title 1
$2,400
5 years
$12,000
Special Education
$3,700
5 years
$18,750
Small Group
$2,400
3 years
$7,200
Reading
Recovery
$3,750
12-20 weeks
$3,750
The Bottom Line:
"When you compare the success rate of
Reading Recovery with other programs
that keep children for years and never
get them reading on grade level,
Reading Recovery® is a bargain!"
— P.M. Cunningham & S.R. Allington
with Reading Recovery
Success
is Within
Reach!