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Reading Recovery Receives Top Ratings from the U.S.E.D.'s What Works Clearinghouse
In March 2007 the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) released an independent review of the research on 153 early reading interventions. Reading Recovery was found to be the only early intervention that had positive effects on children’s reading across all four domains in the review. It received WWC’s highest rating of “Positive Effects” on students’ general reading achievement and alphabetics skills (phonics, phonological awareness, and letter identification); and was found to have “Potentially Positive Effects,” their next highest rating, on comprehension (vocabulary and comprehension), and fluency. “Positive Effects” indicates “strong evidence of positive effect with no overriding contrary evidence,” and “Potentially Positive Effects” indicates “evidence of a positive effect with no overriding contrary evidence.” This report supports Reading Recovery as an effective literacy intervention for young children. More information can be found on the WWC website: Click here for link.