Response to Intervention
What Really Matters in Response to Intervention: Research-based Designs (What Really Matters Series)
This is an excellent resource to both intervention and classroom teaching. It makes sense why we need to provide strong instruction in the primary grades if we want students to be successful readers. After completing a book study, our teachers went to their classrooms and reworked their libraries, guided reading groups and intervention groups to make to most of the school day. We are already seeing improvements in student achievement and attitudes.
Great Book
This is a really practical and well written book. It is written in a very user friendly way that really helps schools gain insight in what they need to do to help students close the achievement gap. Great book.
Another thoughtful Allington resource
If you want to know the 411 on anything that matters in education, ask Dick Allington. It amazes me that he can summarize all the major research supporting or refuting pretty much any important topic that teachers (and parents) are concerned about these days. Like his other books in the "What Matters" series, this one makes a strong case for the kinds of programming we need to support our struggling, most vulnerable learners in this new climate of responding to their needs with the most specific and well-thought out interventions. His books give you a knowledge foundation wherein you can join in the conversation and, hopefully, help find a solution to these most important issues in education today.
jan's review
Alllington did a thorough job of isolating the practices which are most effective in general practice and intervention for struggling readers.
