Reading Intervention for Adolescents (RIA): Improving Reading Achievement of High School English Learners with Reading Difficulties

Reading Intervention for Adolescents (RIA) is a 2-year extensive reading intervention intended to target the reading achievement of English learners with reading difficulties in high school. RIA was delivered in two phases. During the first semester of year 1, students participated in Phase I of the intervention, which addressed word study, fluency, and vocabulary through explicit instruction. Phase II of the intervention focused on vocabulary and comprehension, and began in the second semester of year 1 and continued through all of year 2. In Phase II, students were taught independent word-learning strategies to help them determine the meaning of unknown words, and had opportunities to use oral and written academic language across the content areas.