NEWS:
- Reading Recovery is in the news! Please click on the links below for news and press releases from the last 12 months.
Florida Center for Reading Research Reports Reading Recovery Strengths, June 19, 2008
Graduates Attain Reading Recovery® Teacher Leader Certification, May 19, 2008
Reading Recovery® Teachers Committed to Literacy Intervention - State Legislators Honor Teacher Leaders, March 27, 2008
Book of Success Letters in Kentucky - A Great Legislative Tool, Spring 2008
Advocacy Has Many Avenues from The Journal of Reading Recovery, Spring 2008
Reading Recovery Teachers Committed to Literacy Intervention from The Link, Spring 2008
Calloway Teacher Recognized by Senate from Murray Ledger & Times, March 11, 2008
Representative Jamie Comer Supports Our Reading Recovery Program from The Cub Connection, February 28, 2008
- State Legislators Honor Teacher Leaders: On February 28, 2008, Senator Dan Kelly recognized Reading Recovery professionals attending the Senate Chambers and read a testimonial submitted by Andrea Cole of Kit Carson Elementary. Click here for KET's online video archive of this legislative session.
- What works in teaching children to read? "Reading Recovery," says USDE's What Works Clearinghouse, March 19, 2007
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a branch of the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), released its three-year independent review of the experimental research on Reading Recovery on March 19. The evidence that Reading Recovery is an intervention based on scientific research is now documented and acknowledged by the USDE and IES.
The WWC found that Reading Recovery, a one-on-one tutoring program for the lowest-achieving first graders, has positive effects on students' alphabetic skills and general reading achievement. A finding of positive effects is the WWC's highest rating. Potentially positive effects, their next highest rating, were found on fluency and comprehension outcomes.
Currently there are 278 schools in 84 districts that implement Reading Recovery in Kentucky. Many of these districts and schools are making a positive impact on the reading achievement of their struggling readers.
The full WWC Reading Recovery Intervention Report intervention is available here.
- Reading Recovery Professionals Testify Before the Senate Education Committee, March 1, 2007: Lindy Harmon, statewide Teacher Leader at the University of Kentucky (UK); Jacques Austin, Director of Curriculum and Assessment at Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS); and Jeff Hawkins, Executive Director of Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) testified before the Senate Education Committee in Frankfort. Click here for KET's online video of this meeting.
- RRCNA on Capitol Hill, September 18-20, 2006: RRCNA President David Moriarty, Advocacy Chair Judy Embry, Executive Director Jady Johnson, and Advocacy Director Lucy Gettman conducted a dozen meetings on and around Capitol Hill during Contact Washington Week. Photos of the delegation with Gerald Bracey at the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) legislative conference and Roberto Rodriguez, HELP Committee staff are on the RRCNA website.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Resource: The Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) Response to Intervention flier for the University Training Center is now available by clicking here.
- The "What is Reading Recovery?" flier is an excellent tool that explains key elements of the intervention and provides contact information for the Kentucky Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders. Click for here for - page 1, page2.
- The University Training Center introduces 4 new Teacher Leaders who will implement Reading Recovery beginning in the 2008 - 2009 school year. They are (from left to right): Kathy Mattingly, Washington County District; Debbra Puckett, Calloway County District; Dr. Judy Embry, Director/Trainer; Sherri Wadsworth, Shelby County District; and Kathi Haley, Bourbon County District.
