Fusion Reading: A Supplemental Reading Intervention for Middle and High School Students Scoring Below Grade Level on Standardized Reading Measures.

Fusion Reading is a supplemental reading intervention designed for middle and high school students who score at least 2 years below grade level on standardized reading measures. Fusion Reading builds on the work of the Strategic Instruction Model's Learning Strategies Curriculum and Xtreme Reading by integrating some of the same strategies, focusing on reading, and extending the time frame from 1 to 2 years in duration. Struggling students are enrolled in the supplemental intervention for one class period for 5 days a week. The developers recommend no more than 15 students per class. Fusion is a structured intervention with a specific curricular scope and sequence of high-leverage reading strategies within a framework focused on explicit comprehension, vocabulary, and motivation strategies, with teachers providing scaffold instruction, practice, feedback, and monitoring progress with ongoing formative assessments. Fusion is a fully developed instructional package, with all materials (seven teacher manuals and three student workbooks) produced and ready for full-scale implementation.