Intervention Report on Reading Recovery®

 

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) recently reviewed the research on the effectiveness of Reading Recovery®, a supplemental tutoring program designed to help students in grade 1 who score below grade level in reading by providing one-on-one tutoring and tailoring lessons to each student. Trained Reading Recovery® teachers deliver the tutoring in daily 30-minute sessions over the course of 12 to 20 weeks. The results are summarized in an intervention report released today by the Institute of Education Sciences, updating an earlier report from 2013. The WWC reviewed 62 studies for this intervention report. Two studies meet WWC standards and are summarized in this report. These two studies included 7,171 students in the United States and United Kingdom. Based on those two studies, there is moderate evidence that Reading Recovery® positively impacted student achievement in literacy immediately after the intervention. There is also promising evidence that the program positively impacted writing productivity and receptive communication immediately after the intervention and writing conventions 3 years after the intervention. Reading Recovery® had uncertain effects on math achievement 3 years after the intervention and on general academic achievement 10 years after the intervention. Read the full Reading Recovery® intervention report to learn more about the studies that contributed to the report and detailed information about program implementation and cost. To see other WWC reports, visit whatworks.ed.gov and check your inbox for more updates and new releases throughout the year. For the latest WWC news, follow the WWC on Twitter and Facebook.