RRCNA press releases
Educators Focus on Achieving Literacy Excellence Together, 2013 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference 1/28/13
Reading Recovery and K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference February 2-5 Media Advisory 1/29/13
California Educator Bob Williams Will Receive National Award for Literacy Leadership 5/30/12
Minnesota Educator Julie Olson Will Receive National Award for Literacy Leadership 5/15/12
Kentucky Superintendent Tommy Floyd to Receive National Award for Literacy Leadership 5/10/12
Observation Survey Receives Highest Possible Ratings for Screening Tools from the National Center on Response to Intervention 10/17/11
Reading Recovery is Recognized as a "Bright Spot" by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading 8/10/11
Administrators and Teacher Educators Will Brief Policymakers on the Whole School Benefits of Reading Recovery 7/7/11
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Read more about Reading Recovery online at these links
► What Works Clearinghouse
See ratings for Reading Recovery's evidence of effectiveness and how it compares with other early reading programs in the WWC review.
► Bright Spot Awards
See what the National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading says about Reading Recovery's high-quality teaching. Read the analysis.
► National Center on Response to Intervention
See ratings for An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement, the screening tool central to Reading Recovery's evaluation and instruction.
► Investing in Innovation
Universities offer i3 funds for Reading Recovery professional development. Read the USDE grant description.
Stories from around the nation and the world feature Reading Recovery personnel and programs
Grant helps USD train for Reading Recovery
Keloland.com - Sioux Falls, SD
May 20, 2013
YANKTON, SD - The Reading Recovery Training Center at the University of South Dakota has supplied more than 350 reading specialists to schools around the region.
Gary Zalud is the Director of the program and oversees specialists in five states. He says training teachers is very similar to teaching kids.
"Just as we try to focus on the individual students in our lessons, we also try to really look at the individual teacher when they're in a training class," Zalud said.
The University of Maine - UMaine News - Reading Recovery
The University of Maine - Orono, ME
May 17, 2013
A blond-haired boy and Reading Recovery teacher Bonnie Simko sit side by side at a small table for their one-on-one, 30-minute lesson at G.H. Jewett School in Bucksport.
After the first-grader enthusiastically reads a familiar story about fire trucks Simko preps him for a new, more-difficult book and he eagerly jumps in.
As the boy reads, Simko keeps a running record of her observations of his reading behaviors — successes and challenges, including his ability to problem-solve during reading.
Lessons create lifelong learners
Parramatta Sun - Bella Vista, NSW, Australia
by Jade Wittmann
May 16, 2013
The number of Reading Recovery teachers being trained in the Parramatta district has more than doubled in the past three years.
Maine family honored for supporting UMaine reading program
WABI TV5 - Bangor, ME
May 3, 3013
Bangor - It's been said that reading is the key to success and one family in Maine has been helping students with literacy for 20 years.
The Galen Cole Family were honored on Friday for their support Reading Recovery program.
20 Years of early literacy
University of Maine blog - Orono, ME
Twenty years of Reading Recovery in the state, led by the University of Maine, will be celebrated May 3 at the Cole Land Transportation Museum on 405 Perry Road in Bangor.
Suzanne Cole and the Galen Cole Family Foundation will be honored for their support of the program’s teachers and students at the 1–3 p.m. event, which will also include readings, reflections and refreshments.
April 2013
February 2013
Literacy events scheduled at University of Northern Iowa in April
WCFCourier.com - Cedar Falls, IA
February 18, 2013
Cedar Falls, Iowa - the University of Northern Iowa's College of Education, the Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Learning and UNI's Reading Recovery Center of Iowa will host two literacy events in April.
New reading program has individual focus, goals
Daily News - Robinson, IL
by Graham Milldrum
February 13, 2013
Hutsonville Elementary School is changing how students learn to read, thanks to two programs the school started this school year. Unit 1 has adopted guided reading and Reading Recovery programs, taking the school completely away from the previous system.
January 2013
Reading Recovery helps students succeed
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
by Catherine Martin
January 28, 2013
Almost before 7-year-old Corey Owens sat down in his chair for a one-on-one reading lesson at Derby Ridge Elementary yesterday afternoon, he excitedly started reading the familiar lines of "Three Goats."
... Reading Recovery uses 30-minute daily reading lessons, one-on-one with a specialist, to help first-grade students who are struggling with reading. The approach builds on students' strengths to accelerate their learning, Blackburn said.
Learning session guides Reading Recovery parents
St. Charles Herald Guide - Boutte, LA
January 24, 2013
New Sarpy Elementary recently held a learning session for parents of Reading Recovery students. Parents were given information about the program and tips for working with their child at home.
"Researching and Responding to Our Readers"
York Region District School Board - Ontario, Canada
Principal Brian Harrison Blog
January 22, 2013
In spite of the some of the stormy events of the past few weeks; both in the atmosphere and the in political sphere, a lot of really cool things have been going on at our school. Primarily, we have had the chance to engage in some professional learning together in the key areas that are reflected in our School Improvement Plan and we’ve been working in our classrooms to tinker with and implement some of this new learning.
December 2012
Unique Reading Recovery program aims to combat literacy issues
Oakland University - Rochester, MI
by Victoria Lipscomb
December 18, 2012
Oakland University is devoted to helping students with reading and writing disabilities through Reading Recovery, a program that develops teacher leaders.
...“The services of the Reading Recovery Center is one way that Oakland University can reach out and help young children who have significant early learning difficulties with literacy in Michigan,” said Dr. Mary Lose, director of the Reading Recovery Center at Oakland University.
Reading Recovery helps students succeed
The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO
by Catherine Martin
December 15, 2012
Almost before 7-year-old Corey Owens sat down in his chair for a one-on-one reading lesson at Derby Ridge Elementary yesterday afternoon, he excitedly started reading the familiar lines of "Three Goats."
He read the words slowly and carefully, occasionally stumbling on the tougher ones, but he never asked for help from Susan Blackburn, a Reading Recovery specialist at the school.
South school briefs: Reading Recovery program in Rosemount turns 20
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN
December 11, 2012
Rosemount: The Reading Recovery program in the Rosemount School District is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The program, aimed at helping first graders struggling with reading at grade level, was the first of its kind in the state when it began in 1992.
Modeling engaged teaching and learning
National Louis University website - Provost Office News
December 10, 2012
NLU continues to build on its historical strength of application and experiential learning with the Reading Recovery program that's making a difference for teachers and students. Read more about this exciting approach to teaching and learning.
Central Park Reading Recovery teachers awarded grant
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis and St. Paul
December 3, 2012
Two Roseville teachers have been given grants to attend the Reading Recovery National Conference in Ohio this winter and will share their learning experiences with the entire district.
November 2012
Reading Recovery boosts students in Mansfield
Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal
November 23, 2012
The renewed emphasis Mansfield City Schools' placed on Reading Recovery in 2010 is paying measurable dividends, Superintendent Dan Freund said. He credits Reading Recovery for helping improve the schools' overall composite third-grade reading proficiency scores and hopes it will be a key factor in helping third graders meet new state reading requirements.
'Significant progress' made in reading, writing
The Harlan (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise
November 20, 2012
Each year, the gap between Harlan County students and the national sample narrows, according to Donna Singleton, Reading Recovery teacher leader from the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative. "We have been able to catch most problems and make more progress with students," she said, thanks to the investment in Reading Recovery and trained teachers.
Hartland Schools featured at Michigan Reading Recovery Conference
Hartland (Michigan) Patch
November 16, 2012
Andrea Boulanger, a Hartland Schools Reading Recvoery teacher for 9 years, has been selected as the GISD Reading Recovery teacher representative for the "Literacy Walk" display at the Reading Recovery Council of Michigan's statewide conference. A poster will display photos and comments from a former student and from his teachers and parents.
FCPS teachers get grant for Reading Recovery education
TV3 in Winchester, VA
November 14, 2012
If you have kids in elementary school, you're very familiar with the process of learning to read. Now, that process is going to be a little easier for Frederick County students who are struggling. With the help of a federal grant, right now, three reading specialists are training to become Reading Recovery teachers.
October 2012
Shippensburg to host Reading Recovery conference
Shippensburg University - Shippensburg, PA
Press Release
October 26, 2012
More than 150 teachers from throughout the region will be at Shippensburg University Monday(Oct. 29) as part of the Mid-Atlantic Recovery Council conference, a one-day event to provide professional development for Reading Recovery educators.
According to Dr. Janet Bufalino, associate professor of teacher education and Reading Recovery trainer, “This year celebrates the 20th year of the conference and for the first time it is being held on campus.”
Reading Recovery
The Algoma News - Wawa, Ontario, Canada
October 25, 2012
The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has expanded the reach of its Reading Recovery program for the 2012-2013 school year. The Reading Recovery program was implemented in Sault Ste. Marie schools last year and the response has been very positive. This year the program has arrived at H-SCDSB schools in Elliot Lake, Blind River, Espanola, Massey, Wawa, Chapleau, White River and Hornepayne.
Clemson University Reading Recovery training center wins Dick and Tunky Riley education award
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP - Greenville, SC
Press Release
October 22, 2012
GREENVILLE, SC - October 22, 2012 - The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds announced the winner of the second annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for Excellence. The recipient of the award is Clemson University Reading Recovery Training Center. It was presented Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia.
Clemson University program wins Riley Education Award
EasleyPatch.com - Clemson, SC
October 21, 2012
The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds announced the winner of the second annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsmAward for Excellence. The recipient of the award is Clemson University Reading Recovery Training Center. It was presented Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia.
Clemson University Reading Recovery Training Center received a $10,000 grant sponsored by BB&T for enhancing the program or consulting with other schools, districts, and organizations interested in modeling Clemson’s program. Video
Grand Island Board of Education: Sidway above national average in Reading Recovery
The Niagara Index, Niagara University - Grand Island, NY
by Kathleen Duff
October 19, 2012
At its Monday evening meeting, the Grand Island Board of Education heard a report from Charlotte Sidway School teachers Alicia Szyprowski, Stephanie Powers and Joanne Johnson on their Reading Recovery program. In its sixth year, Reading Recovery assists first-grade students on a one-to-one basis with their alphabetics, fluency and general reading comprehension. The program accommodates the 20 percent of first-graders who are identified as the lowest performing in these skills.
September 2012
Reading Recovery teachers provide upstate results
News Channel 7 - Inman, SC
September 25, 2012
Older students, especially those bound for college, are used to being ranked. They're measured in math, and reading and science. Scores on exams like the S.A.T. can make or break college dreams. …In Spartanburg District 1, a program that hopes to save the most struggling young readers starts rankings a lot sooner.
East Knox Reading Recovery Program receives grant
Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon, OH
September 13, 2012
"The Dollar General Literacy Founcation is pleased to support the literacy efforts of East Knox Elementary," said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General's chairman and CEO.
August 2012
Teacher contributes three books to early-reader series
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville, TN
by Melissa Priode
August 28, 2012
Reading is fundamental.
Susan Weaver Jones has spent more than 30 years learning and teaching that concept to students in Florida and Tennessee. She is currently a second-grade teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary, but is a former elementary school reading textbook editor, Reading Recovery program specialist and literacy coach. And most recently, published author.
June 2012
Grant puts books in kids hands over summer
AikenStandard.com - Aiken, SC
by Rob Novit
June 11, 2012
As a way to help struggling young readers, many Aiken County educators are especially enthused about Reading Recovery, a program in which specially-trained teachers work one-on-one with first-graders for one period a day over 12 to 20 weeks.
"We see real gains with Recovering Recovery," said the program's lead teacher, Diane DuBose. "They're even more sustained as Reading Recovery teachers push into the classrooms and work with small groups."
Yet there has been concern that the program's first-graders can lose some of those gains during the summer. That's why DuBose and other teachers and administrators are excited about a grant project that is providing about 250 children in the district with 12 books to keep and read this summer.
Dr. Mary Jackson wins 2012 Educator of the Year Award
ultimatefortbend.com - Fort Bend County, TX
by Vivian Gomez
June 8, 2012
Dr. Mary Jackson has been named the 2012 Educator of the Year by the Fort Bend County Branch of the American Association of University Women.
Jackson is the Fort Bend Independent School District's director of special programs. She received the award at the association's annual recognition dinner held May 10 at the Sweetwater Country Club.
...Jackson was instrumental in implementing the district's Reading Recovery program and in the creation of the Ridgemont Early Childhood Center.
Q&A with Carolyn Harding, Belleview Elementary teacher and author of children's books
heraldonline.com - Rock Hill, SC
by Shawn Cetrone
June 5, 2012
While working with first-graders who struggle to read, Belleview Elementary teacher Carolyn Harding was inspired to write books that those children could understand on their own.
She submitted several manuscripts to Hameray Publishing Group, a national publisher of educational materials and books.
...Harding has been an educator for 16 years. At Belleview she teaches Reading Recovery, an intensive literacy intervention program for first-graders struggling to read. She talked with The Herald over email about her approach to teaching, writing and reading. She submitted several manuscripts to Hameray Publishing Group, a national publisher of educational materials and books. While working with first-graders who struggle to read, Belleview Elementary teacher Carolyn Harding was inspired to write books that those children could understand on their own.
May 2012
ECS to offer Reading RecoveryThe Emporia Gazette - Emporia, KS
by John Giffin
May 31, 2012
A program for first grade students having difficulty reading will be offered at Emporia Christian School in the fall.
The K-8 Christian school at 1325 C of E Drive will have a faculty member receive training because of a $46 million national grant for the Reading Recovery Program. The ECS Reading recovery teacher will receive a year of training at Emporia State University’s Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, a regional reading recovery site. One year of training for the program is usually approximately $7,000.
In face of budget cuts, Boulder Valley proposes $1.5M for literacy
Daily Camera - Boulder, CO
by Joe Rubino
May 22, 2012
Facing public criticism over how it will make up for a nearly $6 million budget shortfall, the Boulder Valley school board expressed support Tuesday night for a plan to spend $1.5 million from the district's year-end cash balance on literacy programs in elementary, middle and high schools.
...The K-5 allocation would go to expanding Reading Recovery and Leveled Literacy Intervention programs in most district schools. Those programs focus on short, one-on-one and small-group, 30-minute study sessions, respectively.
$40K grant helps York's young readers
news@seacoastonline.com - York, ME
by Samantha Stephens
May 17, 2012
YORK, Maine — Superintendent Henry Scipione announced at Wednesday's School Committee meeting that the School Department has received a $40,000 grant for participation as a leader in the nationally recognized Reading Recovery Program.
KY superintendent, Tommy Floyd, will receive national award for literacy leadership
Berea Online.com - Berea, KY
May 15, 2012
Tommy Floyd, Superintendent of the Madison County Schools in central Kentucky, will receive national recognition for leadership that allows struggling first-grader students to have the best-possible instruction so they can quickly reach proficiency. The Reading Recovery teacher leader award will be presented to Mr. Floyd during the Leadership Academy in North Bethesda, MD on Friday, June 22.
Camp Reading Recovery celebrates 20th anniversary of literacy program in St. Charles Schools
blog nola.com - Luling, LA
May 14, 2012
Literacy activities highlighted Camp Reading Recovery, which was held recently at the St. Charles Parish public school district’s Professional Development Center in Luling. More than 250 first-graders and parents participated in the event, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Reading Recovery program in St. Charles Parish public schools. Reading Recovery is an early intervention literacy program for first-grade students.
Unit 5 reading program gains draw tears of joy
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington, IL
by Roger Miller
May 10, 2012
NORMAL — Jada is a first-grader who has gone from feeling hopeless about learning to not wanting the school year to end, thanks to McLean County Unit 5’s Reading Recovery program.
“Only one year of school and she felt defeated already,” Reading Recovery teacher Sarah Arundale told the school board Wednesday. “To see her progress after one year is amazing. … I had tears in my eyes (during Jada’s year-end progress assessment).”
Targeted reading program works for other kids too
The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA
by Rachel Brown
May 9, 2012
Cortney Buckelew, a kindergarten teacher at New Hope Elementary School, said she knew her approach was working when students began sounding out new words on their own.
...“It’s so exciting,” Buckelew told Whitfield Board of Education members at a board work session in which several educators presented information about their schools. “We are teaching students to problem solve.”
New Hope Principal Brinda Clayton said a handful of teachers trained in Reading Recovery techniques are leading the way for other teachers to apply those same tools to students not in Reading Recovery. Reading Recovery is a program for first-graders who haven’t achieved the ability to read well. Teachers work with students one-on-one for 30 minutes at a time until the child demonstrates he or she is ready to do work at grade level or better.
Williams earns national literacy honor
lbschools.net
Long Beach Unified School District - Long Beach, CA
May 3, 2012
Special Projects Director Robert Williams has earned the National Reading Recovery Teacher Leader Award, recognizing his exemplary work with struggling readers in the Long Beach Unified School District.
“I’m honored and grateful that our school district’s literacy efforts are being recognized on a national stage,” Williams said. “It’s a team effort, so I share this award with many colleagues who work hard to provide students with the early support they need to succeed.”
2012 Hartland teacher of the year encourages lifelong learning
HartlandPatch.com - Hartland, MI
by Tatum Ryan
May 3, 2012
The irony of Dotty Selix being named as Hartland’s Teacher of the Year isn’t lost on the peer coach and Reading Recovery specialist who works at Lakes Elementary and Farms Intermediate.
“I was terrible in school,” she said laughing. “I think I have a lot of empathy for kids who struggle in school. I get it, ‘cause I had a really hard time.”
...Selix has made it her mission to help struggling students and to make sure they don't have to go through what she did in school. She is fighting to help change the way educators teach young children and to create new ways of helping students succeed. Championing Reading Recovery in Hartland Schools, Selix coordinates the program that is designed to identify and support low-level readers in the elementary schools.
April 2012
Mimosa Park Elementary Reading Recovery Camp
St. Charles Herald Guide - Boutte, LA
by Kyle Barnett
April 29, 2012
Students from Mimosa Park Elementary recently took part in Camp Reading Recovery, a celebration of 20 years of the program in St. Charles Parish.
Students visited learning centers, took part in a sing along, enjoyed story tellers and ‘camped out’ in tents to read books and celebrate literacy.
Editorial: Flunking 3rd-graders can do more harm than good
USA Today
by Jessie L. Bonner
April 12, 2012
Fads come and go in education, and these days a hot trend is to hold back third-graders who fail standardized reading tests. In 2002, Florida was among the first to launch a tough, statewide policy for "retention," as educators call it. Oklahoma will start its policy in the fall of 2013. Last month, Ohio Gov. John Kasich outlined a program to raise the bar for promotion to fourth grade. No part of the country has been spared.
...Remedial programs are often more effective and cheaper in the long run than holding kids back. Consider Reading Recovery, a one-on-one tutoring program that has served more than 2 million first graders since 1984. The cost? About $3,750 per pupil — less than half the average cost of holding a student back. Better yet, 75% of participants are successful.
Schools put early emphasis on reading
Wausau Daily Herald - Merrill, WI
April 5, 2012
Six-year-old Colton Zajackowski sat at a table Wednesday, reading a book called "The Hungry Giant's Soup" to his teacher Theresa Matz.
Matz is a reading specialist with Merrill Area Public Schools who teaches struggling students with a tailored program called Reading Recovery. Colton concentrated hard as he read the book, about a surly giant looking for a meal. But the words came out of his mouth in a monotone, with pauses injected into sentences, such as "I want ...my... soup." That indicated he knew the words but really wasn't getting the overall story.
The reading lesson occurred at the Wausau School District's Longfellow Administration Center, and in an adjacent room, were more than a dozen other Reading Recovery teachers from the Merrill, Wausau, D.C. Everest and Arbor Vitae-Woodruff school districts.
Program helps students read at grade level
Aiken Standard - Aiken, SC
April 5, 2012
If a child is reading significantly below grade level by the end of the third grade, his chances of graduating from high school diminish considerably, said Laura Coakley, a Greendale Elementary School teacher/specialist.
Coakley works directly with struggling readers at her school and others in the district through an intervention program called Reading Recovery.
March 2012
Reading Intervention Targets Illiteracy
MyHighPlains.com - Dumas, TX
by Morgan Schutters
March 28, 2012
DUMAS, TX. --It's called Reading Recovery and in Dumas this intervention program is making sure kids in first grade are literate.
One in every three adults in the us cannot read and that's why as KAMR NBC4's Morgan Schutters shows us, local teachers are attacking illiteracy head on.
Teachers at Sunset Elementary and 14 other schools in six districts surrounding Dumas are working one-on-one with students.
Reading educator teacher of the year
Galesburg Register-Mail - Galesburg, IL
by John R. Pulliam
March 21, 2012
GALESBURG — Jenny Bredemeier was named Galesburg Teacher of the Year on Wednesday by the Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce’s Education Task Force.
Bredemeier, who teaches Reading Recovery and Title I reading to students in K-4 at Nielson Elementary School, was presented the award during a luncheon at Hawthorne Inn Assisted Living Center.
First Lady Jane Beshear visits educators, parents during Reading Recovery event
Northern Kentucky University - Lexington, KY
March 13, 2013
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear met recently in Somerset with educators and parents from seven Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties to discuss ongoing efforts to improve reading skills in young children.
Beshear, a strong advocate for education and former high school teacher, attended a book-reading demonstration by a first-grade participant in the Reading Recovery program, followed by a roundtable discussion on how the reading program is changing the lives of struggling young readers across the region.
Educators meet with Kentucky's First Lady Jane Beshear
The Center for Rural Development - Somerset, KY
March 9, 2012
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear met this week in Somerset with educators and parents from seven Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties to discuss ongoing efforts to improve reading skills in young children.
Mrs. Beshear, a strong advocate for education and former high school teacher, attended a book-reading demonstration by a first-grade participant in the Reading Recovery program, followed by a roundtable discussion on how the reading program is changing the lives of struggling young readers across the region.
Reading Recovery Makes a Big Difference
Vancouver School Board Superintendent's Vlog - Vancouver, British Columbia
March 9, 2012
I visited a reading recovery room during my tour of Hudson Elementary and learned about how we can effectively identify learners having trouble reading early on. It’s a fantastic program.
Reading Recovery in Madison County Schools
Madison County Schools - Richmond, KY
March, 2012
Video of Superintendent of Madison County Schools, Tommy Floyd, sharing good news about how school district has been utilizing "Read To Achieve" funds.
February 2012
ESU wins grant for Reading Recovery
Emporia Gazette - Emporia, KS
February 17, 2012
Emporia State University will share a $46 million federal grant with several other institutions to expand its Reading Recovery program.
The money is from a federal investing in innovation (i3) grant awarded last fall to the program’s lead partner, Ohio State University, and 20 other partnering institutions including ESU.
Ozark's literacy project spans grades
Springfield News-Leader - Springfield, MO
February 17, 2012
Implementing, managing, and sustaining an educational initiative district-wide often requires a team of professionals working together and with others to ensure positive outcomes are realized for students. According to Karen Scott, director of federal programs for the Ozark Public Schools, their district-wide literacy program has resulted in fewer children being labeled as “Learning Disabled” as well as improved MAP scores, despite oft’ changing proficiency criteria set by the state from year to year.
Ozark uses the “Reading and Writing Workshop” program to provide literacy acquisition for children in kindergarten through fourth grade and then to develop literacy proficiency in grades five through eight. Providing whole group, small group, and one-on-one instructional strategies, teachers find out what each child’s strengths are and then build on those successes to help students read and write at incrementally higher levels.
“Reading Recovery” is also a key component of Ozark’s literacy initiative. It is used with first-grade children who need extra help to acquire beginning literacy skills.
ESU to receive federal support for Reading Recovery Program
Emporia State University - Emporia, KS
February 15, 2012
Emporia State University will share a $46 million federal grant with several other institutions to expand its Reading Recovery program.
The money is from a federal investing in innovation (i3) grant awarded last fall to the program's lead partner, Ohio State University, and 20 other participating institutions including ESU.
January 2012
Reading Recovery programs
The Sentinel-News - Shelbyville, KY
by Sharon Warner
January 13, 2012
Visitors came to Shelby County to attend training sessions at two schools – Clear Creek and Southside Elementary – as part of the Reading Recovery program. All remaining lessons for the semester will be in Oldham County. The guests were offered a BTM (Behind the Mirror) Reading Recovery lesson, led by Katey Martin, shown here working with a child. Marcia Miller, Ashley Berlin, and Karen Standafer were on the other side of the two-way mirror, explaining to parents what was going on and how they can help their child with reading. Martin said, “Our goal is to stress the importance of reading and suggest ways to help children read.” ...Of the Shelby County Reading Recovery students receiving Reading Recovery services, 83 percent discontinued and achieved reading levels comparable to the average level of their peers. This is well above the 2010 National average of 74 percent.
Reading program boosts Lead-Deadwood student
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City, SD
January 11, 2012
Students who were behind in reading catch up, and even achieve advanced level, thanks to the Reading Recovery program, teachers Shannon Mollman and Suzanne Trentz told the Lead-Deadwood School Board on Tuesday.
...Seventy-five percent of students admitted into the program reach grade level reading ability, said Mollman. Because the program considers and focuses on only the lowest scoring 10 to 20 percent of students, that achievement is significant, they said.
Superintendent Dan Leikvold agreed the program has lasting benefits four and five years down the line.
"It's lasting and it sticks," said Leikvold.
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