Response to Intervention (RTI) and Reading Recovery

Many schools are using Reading Recovery as a part of the response to intervention (RTI) required under the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA). These are among the reasons educators choose Reading Recovery:

• High ratings for scientific research awarded by the What Works Clearinghouse
   
• Measurable results produced in just 12 to 20 weeks of daily 30-minute individual lessons
   
• Powerful professional development linked to student achievement. Over the course of a year, the typical Reading Recovery teacher tutors 8 Reading Recovery students plus approximately 40 students outside Reading Recovery in classrooms, Title I Reading, and special education settings.
   
• Years of evaluation data on more than thousands of students per year proving Reading Recovery can work in a variety of schools
   

Free RTI Resources Online

Reading Recovery and IDEA Legislation: Early Intervening Services (EIS) and Response to Intervention (RTI)
Lose, M. K., Schmitt, M. E., Gómez-Bellengé, F. X., Jones, N. K., Honchell, B. A., & Askew, B. J. (2007). [Briefing paper]. Reading Recovery Council of North America. (Reprinted 2007 in The Journal of Reading Recovery, 6(2), 44–49.)

Reading Recovery and Response to Intervention (RTI): An Annotated Bibliography

Reading Recovery: A Major Component of Many RTI Models
Forbes, S., Swenson, B., Person, T., & Reed, J. (2008). The Journal of Reading Recovery, 7(2), 53–56.

Reading Recovery: The Optimal Response to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
Lose, M. K. (2005). The Journal of Reading Recovery, 4(3), 35–37.

A Transactional Perspective on Reading Difficulties and Response to Intervention
McEneaney, J., Lose, M. K., & Schwartz, R. M. (2006). New Directions in Research: Reading Research Quarterly, 41(1), 117–128. (Download free of charge)

Implications for Reading Teachers in Response to Intervention
The International Reading Association (2007). [Online report]