About the Intervention
Reading Recovery is a short-term early intervention designed to help the lowest-achieving readers in first grade reach average levels of classroom performance in literacy. Students identified to receive Reading Recovery meet individually with a specially trained Reading Recovery (RR) teacher every school day for 30-minute lessons over a period of 12 to 20 weeks. The intervention targets the lowest-achieving 15-20 percent of 1st-grade readers. RR teachers are trained through a year-long academic program that includes graduate coursework, behind-the-glass training sessions, and ongoing professional development. The intervention includes daily one-on-one lessons with a structured format: re-reading familiar books, running records, word/letter work, story composition, assembling cut-up sentences, and reading new books. RR teachers also assess students using the Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement and maintain detailed records of student progress.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect: on ITBS Total Reading scores
Positive effect: on ITBS Reading Words scores
Positive effect: on ITBS Reading Comprehension scores
More Intervention Details
Focus Areas
Those with Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, English LearnersPrograms & Services
General Education, Special Education Services, Title IDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
Specific learning disabilityTarget Groups
Student(s), Teachers/Instructional TeamsCitation
Armijo, M., Gillespie, J. N., Goldsworthy, H., Gray, A., May, H., Sam, C., Sirinides, P. & Tognatta, N. (2013). Evaluation of the i3 Scale-up of Reading Recovery: Year One Report, 2011-12. RR-76 (ED547669). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED547669.pdf.
Study Demographics
These charts show the demographic makeup and geographic setting of the research study that evaluated this intervention's efficacy. When assessing the fit of an intervention, consider whether it was found effective in a context similar to your own.
Participant Race
What was the racial breakdown of this study's data sample?
Participant Gender
What was the gender breakdown of this study's data sample?
Other Participant Characteristics
Geographical Setting
What was the setting of this study?