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What is Implementation?
Effective implementation allows Reading Recovery to be disseminated
in educational systems in
many countries throughout the world with
consistently excellent results. The accomplishment of broad
dissemination of an innovation, while sustaining high-quality
delivery of services and results, is significant and is rarely seen
in education. It requires making necessary adjustments to fit the
characteristics of the educational systems of each country and
state, while maintaining the integrity of the design of Reading
Recovery. The effectiveness and efficiency of the teaching and
training, provided through successful implementation, ensures that
all schools can achieve Reading Recovery's goal "to dramatically
reduce the number of learners who have extreme difficulty with
literacy learning and the cost of these learners to educational
systems." (Quoted from Marie Clay's implementation visit to North
Carolina, 1994)
In the United States, innovation in education often fails--not
because the approaches are not promising but because the necessary
teacher education and systemic support are short-circuited.
Dissemination of an innovation is dependent on effective
implementation within each educational system, providing the
necessary support for the innovation to succeed. Educators make an
investment in Reading Recovery knowing that they will get a high-quality program with ongoing support systems for effective
implementation, as assured by the fact that it is a trademarked
program.
To ensure the integrity of implementation, as well as teaching and
training, founder
Dr. Marie M. Clay obtained a trademark for Reading
Recovery. Dr. Clay gave the trademark for Reading Recovery in the
United States to The Ohio State University. The Ohio State
University grants the use of the Reading Recovery trademark to
teacher training sites and university training centers annually on a
royalty-free basis, subject to meeting the
Standards and
Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States. The trademark ensures the
quality of Reading Recovery, thus protecting the investment that
schools, school districts, and states have made in the accelerated
education of young, struggling readers.Publications for
Administrators
A Principal's Guide to Reading Recovery
A Site Coordinator's Guide to Reading Recovery
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