"We are fortunate that our son did take part in Reading Recovery, and I hope that it will be there for other students to help them succeed in their lives as well." - Kristin C.
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"When I’m on a tricky word, Reading Recovery helps me figure it out!” Thanks, @troyschools for fostering a comprehensive literacy system that serves ALL kids’ needs.
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Please note that grade 4 NAEP Reading data are strongly skewed in states with mandatory grade retention at grade 3. Retention removes lowest performing students from sample and then reintroduces those students in testing when 1 year older than peers.
These gains = MIRAGES
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Good night to the latest reading debate..
"Clearly, students are going to fit different profiles of strength & weakness, and one approach will not work equally well for all."-Moats & Tolman
"We need to think more about children taking different paths to similar outcomes."-Clay
"When you teach children how to use multiple strategies for reading and writing text and see to it that they are successful in their attempts, they learn how to learn." Carol A. Lyons (2015). https://t.co/NsB8TqnQau
"Phonics instruction...is only one component of a complex cognitive system of learning to read and write. It’s like practicing basketball skills in isolated drills but never playing in a game." - @cbriggs1
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"...I found that Hanford had committed some of the same errors as I had, cherrypicking research papers and making policy prescriptions based on a 40-year-old pop-academic framework." - @Paul_Bowers
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In coaching many Reading Recovery teachers over the years, I’ve never observed teachers prompting children to guess or avoid looking at print. RR teachers teach phonics in a systematic, explicit way using authentic text reading & writing. Simply, it has stayed because it works!
This is the difference after just 10 lessons in Reading Recovery! This dictated sentence was given before my Ss program began and then I administered it again and LOOK AT THAT GROWTH! He went from 9/37 to 25/37 sounds!! #readingrecoveryworks#whateverittakes @rrcna_org @qufsd