1st Grade: Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of one-on-one tutoring for low achieving first graders.
Reading Recovery was developed by New Zealand educator and researcher Dr. Marie Clay. Since its success in New Zealand,
Reading Recovery has spread to Australia, United States, Canada, and Great Britain.

In MCCSC Reading Recovery is implemented in 7 elementary schools by trained reading recovery teachers.
During Reading Recovery each student will recieve a half-hourlesson each school day for 12-20 weeks.

For more information about Reading Recovery you can visit: www.readingrecovery.org

K-2nd Grade: Literacy Groups

Literacy groups are an intervention that reduces learning problems early in a students school career,
promoting their literacy success, and thus a better attitude toward school and increased motivation.

An initial assessment is performed to place the children into groups, these groups are flexible and frequently
changed based on the regular weekly assessments. The groups focus on comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, phonemic
awareness and fluency for 30 minutes each day. participation in Literacy groups end when there is consistent and clear
evidence that they are self-extended readers. readers who can efficently interpret and understand text independently.

5-9th Grade: Read 180

Why The Read 180 Program?
-Did you know that 28% of our high school students are reading at least 1 year below grade level?

Read 180 is a reading intervention based on effective research for teaching and learning, integrating the major components
needed for attaining literacy at the adolescent level.
Students will participate in:

Challanges with Read 180

There are currently 145 students participating in the Read 180 program. We would like to accomodate all of the children
who do not pass ISTEP. To do this we would need more funding. There are approximately 1,340 students who do not pass the ISTEP
every year. To accept all of these kids into the Read 180 program we would have to increase our funding from 145,00 to 1,000,000.
With the current funding we only accept 145 students each year, but as these students successfully exit the program, other
students can be accepted at a minimal additional cost to MCCSC of $30 per student.