Reading Recovery Is
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- Short-term, early intervention that prevents further difficulities in literacy
- One-to-one teaching, individualized towards the student
- Provided to only the lowest-achieving first-grade readers
- Supplementary to good classroom teaching
- Data-driven to continuously monitor a child's progress
- Adopted as a school initiative by the school staff
- Long-term school commitment for lowest-achieving first-grade students
- Provided by a specially-trained, certified teacher
- Ongoing professional development for teachers
Reading Recovery Is Not
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- Group or classroom instruction
- The only reading instruction a child receives
- Delivered by volunteers or paraprofessionals
- A program purchased for teachers
- A long-term service for children
- A comprehensive program to improve literacy achievement in all grades
- A program that labels children through extneded testing for disabilities
- A substitute for good classroom teaching
- A quick-fix
Last Modified on February 15, 2018