Following is a list of other Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholars for 2000-2001. After 12-20 weeks, most children attain average or better reading and writing levels and continue to make progress with regular classroom instruction. Over 500,000 children in the United States have been served by this literacy intervention since 1985. Research and Evaluation Reading Recovery is based on the best of current knowledge about how children become literate. The success of Reading Recovery has been carefully documented with over 30 years of data.
Research is ongoing.
Reading Recovery teacher leaders and administrators at every site systematically collect and report data on every child to the National Data Evaluation Center for Reading Recovery as well as to the U.S. Department of Education. Studies also document the program's effectiveness as compared with other literacy interventions, cost effectiveness, and success with ESL populations. The trademark contributes to consistency of implementation across sites as they meet the essential criteria described in a set of standards and guidelines. Educators and institutions that have adopted Reading Recovery form an extensive network to support early literacy. Network activities include research, publications, and professional development.