NSW: Prof Kevin Wheldall writes an open letter to Education Minister Adrian Piccolo about Reading Recovery

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NSW: Prof Kevin Wheldall writes an open letter to Education Minister Adrian Piccolo about Reading Recovery

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http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... p=752#p752
Minister, reading recovery requires more than Reading Recovery

An open letter to NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli


Dear Minister...
I have also posted about Professor Kevin Wheldall's open letter to Education Minister Adrian Piccoli on the 'General Forum ' - so please click on the link above for information about this event.
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Re: NSW: Prof Kevin Wheldall writes an open letter to Education Minister Adrian Piccolo about Reading Recovery

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 07687b0c23

Follow-up article by Rick Morton in 'The Australian' entitled:
Reading Recovery literacy program should be dumped: experts
Sadly, there is some kind of prevention system for accessing 'The Australian' more than once before a paywall jumps into place.

I haven't been able to copy and paste the article either.

Needless to say, it's a good follow-up to Professor Kevin Wheldall's open letter which, in effect, will add to the call for officials to stop funding Reading Recovery in state schools.
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Re: NSW: Prof Kevin Wheldall writes an open letter to Education Minister Adrian Piccolo about Reading Recovery

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Greg Ashman investigates the statistics for use of Reading Recovery in New South Wales:

https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2016/0 ... -recovery/
60% of state schools in NSW are still using Reading Recovery

I asked New South Wales’ Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE) for some data on the proportion of government schools that are still using Reading Recovery. I had seen a figure of around 60% in the press but wondered whether this was up-to-date, especially since a number of reports have recently been released. It looks like it is spot-on:

“As at February 2016, approximately 1000 NSW government schools with primary-aged student enrolments implement Reading Recovery. This represents a percentage of approximately 60% of eligible schools (ie Primary and Central Schools). Please note: This figure does not include Catholic & Independent schools that use Reading Recovery”

Why does this matter?
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