Reading Recovery : A Powerful Proven Results

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Slide # 1: Reading Recovery – Powerful Proven Results
Good morning! How many of you think that learning to read and write is necessary for children in order to become successful? Good. We are going to talk about the Reading Recovery Program that is available for students that have difficulty learning to read and write. Nine out of ten children that do not meet expectations in reading and writing in the first grade continue to fall behind in fourth grade. These children are likely to be retained, referred to special education, and drop out of school. With the help of Reading Recovery teachers, children accelerate their learning and meet academic expectations.
Slide #2: Reading Recovery Success
In the middle one of the picture is Dante Marshall, one of the first children in Reading Recovery. On the left is Marie Clay, the founder of Reading Recovery. On the right is Rose May Estice, Dante’s Reading Recovery teacher in first grade. Dante Marshall entered Reading recovery in 1984 in Columbus when he was 6 years old because he had very limited literacy skills. He reached grade-level standards after 15 weeks of daily 30-minute individual lessons with Rose May Estice. In 2003, he successfully graduated from law school at the Ohio State University and currently practices as an attorney in Atlanta.
Slide #3: Reading Recovery Results
Reading Recovery started in 1984-85 and allowed over 2 million first graders and tens of thousands of teachers to participate in the program. The progress that children make is closely monitored from the very beginning. The results show that 75% of children achieve grade-level standard.
Slide # 4: Reading Recovery Works
The U. S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) research group asse...

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...h retaining the low literacy achieving students because the majority of the students do achieve grade-level standard in 12-20 weeks. The cost of the placement in special education classes is significantly higher than the cost of the 20-week class. Even though not all 100% of the students achieve the desired results, early intervention helps schools find future support services and lower the cost of the individual tutoring. Finally, the Federal IDEA funding requires the children to receive an early intervening service in order to reduce unnecessary testing cost.
Slide #11: With Reading Recovery, Success is Within Reach!
Success is within a reach with the Reading Recovery program. Those children in first grade that struggle with literacy deserve to be successful. Reading Recovery is designed to provide educational opportunities for children that need them the most.

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