Research in Reading Recovery

As we enter the second decade of Reading Recovery, we have behind us the success of over 80,000 independent readers and writers previously diagnosed as "at risk".

But with more than 2500 sites and 10,000 reading recovery teachers, it is important that we keep the dialogue going to maintain the same quality and consistency. "Research in Reading Recovery" is one such effort. In "Research in Reading Recovery", editors Stanley Swartz and Adria Klein collect in one place much of the best research now available on reading recovery.

The articles were all previously published in the first three volumes of "Literacy, Teaching and Learning", a key publication of the Reading Recovery Council of North America, which will receive all royalties from the book. "Research in Reading Recovery" represents current thinking and new insights on topics such as: an inquiry-based model for educating literacy teachers; sustained effects of reading recovery on the cognitive behaviours of children; factors affecting students' progress in reading; reading recovery and its effect on children with learning disabilities; and oral language assessment and development in reading recovery. One of the reasons why reading recovery keeps improving is that it is continually under development, changing all the time with refinements related to new research.

But, with this constant fine tuning, ongoing professional development is essential. "Research in Reading Recovery" should help support that learning.