Building Strong Support for Reading Recovery

2011 Teacher Leader InstituteSaturday, June 18

U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation:

A Project to Scale Up Reading Recovery

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i3: Investing in Innovation

• Funded by U.S. Department of Education• $45.1 million to scale up Reading Recovery• 20% match from private sector required• $10.1 million raised in 5 weeks• Involves 15 UTCs and U of Penn

Reading Recovery Scale Up GoalsBy October 2015…

• 3,690 new teachers in Reading Recovery. • At least 15 new teacher leaders• About 90,000 children with Reading Recovery

and about 405,000 in small groups.• The lowest-achieving schools are prioritized.

Scale up thus far….

i3 Reading Recovery teachers currently:• 274

Reading Recovery students to be taught:• 4,096

Other children in classrooms outside of Reading Recovery:

• 18,216

Who Helped To Raise the $10.1 Million Match?Publishers

• Hameray Publishing• Heinemann Publishing• HMH-Rigby (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)• Scholastic, Inc.• Townsend Press• McGraw-Hill Companies

Who Helped To Raise the $10.1 Million Match?Foundations

• The Gay Su Pinnell Education Foundation• The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation• Rural School and Community Trust• The Susan Scherer Foundation• The Annie E. Casey Foundation• The W. K. Kellogg Foundation• Nationwide Insurance Foundation• United Way of Central Ohio

Who Helped To Raise the $10.1 Million Match?Universities

• Clemson University• Georgia State University• Lesley University• National-Louis University• New York University• Oakland University• Saint Mary's College of

California• Texas Woman's

University

•The Ohio State University•University of Arkansas•University of Connecticut•University of Kentucky•University of Maine•University of Northern Iowa•University of South Dakota

Who Helped To Raise the $10.1 Million Match?Individuals

• Keith and Linda Monda• William Lager• Sandy Slomin

More support…

• Apple• Pearson• Proctor and Gamble

Why was our application successful?

• Evidence of success

• Ability to Scale: Network of trainers, teacher leaders and teachers

• Promise of innovation

Innovating Reading Recovery

• A new way to drive innovation in education: brings together government, philanthropy and business.

• Incorporating technology in – Teacher training– Teacher leader training– Student teaching

Who is eligible?

• Currently 15 of 19 university training centers.

• All Reading Recovery teachers in training.

• Grant period: Finish no later than October 2015.

Teacher Training Costs Supported by i3 Award

• Tuition• Books and materials• Instructional fees• Teacher Stipend: intended to cover

educational expenses.

Teacher leader training costs supported by i3 grant

• One new teacher leader per partner• Tuition• Books and materials• Instructional fee per teacher• Professional development resources for

educational expenses related to teacher leader training.

• Installing a glass at a new teacher training site where necessary

External EvaluationLed by University of Pennsylvania

Impact Evaluation Research Questions• Impact on reading achievement of first

graders.

• Impact on student reading performance in the 3rd and 4th grades.

• Moderating school, program, and teacher characteristics effects.

External EvaluationDesign

• About one-third of i3 schools randomly selected

• Multi-site randomized controlled trial for Fall intervention

• Regression discontinuity

• Teacher & administrator interviews and logs to study implementation and moderating effects

8 Selected for RR Pairs Randomly Assigned to:

Treatment Control

All Students Will Receive Reading Recovery

No effect

Fall 1st Grade OS Scores

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reRR Students

Tested Not Served

Long-term effect

Fall 1st Grade OS Scores

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reRR Students

Tested Not Served

What Can Teacher Leaders Do?

• Work with your university training center to:– Continue to recruit teachers – Assist with evaluation if your teachers are selected

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