Is Reading Recovery Effective

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Is Reading Recovery Effective?

• By Shauna Boyle and
• Shelley Hershberger

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Reading Recovery

• Goal
• Research-based intervention
• Dr. Marie Clay
• Trademarked program

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Training

• Yearlong commitment
• Trainer of trainers model
• Training Sites
• Not everyone can be trained.

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Reading Recovery Lessons

• Lessons are 12 to 20 weeks.
• Teaching for strategies.
• The lessons are different for every child.

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Purpose

• The purpose of this study was to determine if
  Reading Recovery is an effective program for
  Reading Recovery Students.

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Hypothesis

• Reading Recovery/ELI is an effective program for
  struggling first grade students.

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Population

• We sent out 15 surveys to Reading Recovery (ELI)
  teachers in a suburban community

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Limitations

• limited amount of time
• lack of teachers interest in surveys
• the small amount of Reading Recovery/ELI teachers
• Definitions
• Reading Recovery
• Early Literacy Intervention (ELI)

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Procedure

• Collected data from Reading Recovery/ELI teachers
  at suburban elementary schools.
• Developed into an instrument so that research
  questions could be tested that show Reading
  Recovery/ELI is effective.

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How many students do you teach each school year?

• Between 8 and 28 students were served this school
  year per teacher.

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Are you Reading Recovery (ELI) certified?

• Many of the Reading Recovery (ELI) teachers are
  not certified.

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Special Education after Reading Recovery (ELI)

• By intervening with students in first grade it
  can help to reduce the referrals and placements
  in special education.

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Why is early intervention beneficial?

• Put students back on track before they begin to
  fall behind in grade level.
• The most crucial age for phonological awareness
  and phonemic awareness is between ages 4-8.

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Do students benefit from Reading Recovery?
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Is Early Intervention Beneficial?
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Individualized Lessons Are Key
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How are student scores affected by Reading
Recovery (ELI)

• This is a wonderful one-on-one program that
  helps students identify their strengths and learn
  how to compensate for their weaknesses in
  reading.
• One of the greatest benefits of this program
  aside from giving students a boost in their
  reading skills is that their self confidences
  grows immensely.
• As for purely the scores, I have no doubt that
  they would achieve the growth that I am
  constantly seeing.

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Our Recommendation

• We have found that Reading Recovery (ELI) is very
  effective.
• But, we found that there is a lack of teachers in
  this area.
• The training is very demanding and expensive, but
  well worth it considering the effects of Reading
  Recovery.

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Conclusion

• What I learned from the data collected.
• Was our hypothesis correct?

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Acknowledgements

• Thank You for your help
• Dr. Schultz
• Participating teachers

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Questions and Answers