Reading Recovery – Implementation
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Student selection
This section explains the selection process for new and transferred students.
How are students selected?
At the beginning of each year, children in Year 1 who are having literacy learning difficulties are selected for Reading Recovery. One of the key ways in which students are selected for Reading Recovery is through an Observation Survey of Early Literary Achievement (Clay M. M. 2002, 2006). This set of literacy tasks is administered individually to students and assesses their skills in the following areas:
- letter identification
- word knowledge
- print concepts
- phonemic awareness
- writing vocabulary
- text reading level.
In addition to the Observation Survey, the early years team which usually includes the early years coordinator, early years teachers and Reading Recovery teachers will identify students based on observation in the classroom
New students
The Reading Recovery teacher discusses identification of students with classroom teachers and the early years coordinator. The initial selection list is tentative and names added or deleted as necessary during the selection process.
Running records are then taken by the Reading Recovery teacher on all students identified as needing additional assistance. The student who is on the lowest text level will be the next student admitted to Reading Recovery.
The Observation Survey Summary and Predictions for Progress are completed after the full Observation Survey is administered to the new student entering Reading Recovery.
Transferred students
Students who have transferred into the school after participating in an incomplete series of Reading Recovery lessons should continue as soon as teaching time becomes available.
Clay, M. M. (2002, 2006). An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.