Aus: Further official rejection of the 'Reading Recovery' intervention programme

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Aus: Further official rejection of the 'Reading Recovery' intervention programme

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The Reading Recovery (Marie Clay) intervention programme has dominated professional 'understanding' and provision for young struggling readers for decades - but increasingly criticism of this programme has actually led to public 'official' rejection of its use and promotion - this is no small thing:

https://twitter.com/TinaDanielZ/status/ ... 6417786880


Read about other international worries and objections to the use of Reading Recovery here (over 81,000 views at the time of posting this link below). This is an extensive and very informative thread illustrating worries about the efficacy of Reading Recovery of researchers and others from various countries:

The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know

Pamela Cook
Deborah R. Rodes
Kay L. Lipsitz
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Re: Aus: Further official rejection of the 'Reading Recovery' intervention programme

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'Long time coming': Vic Govt shuns Reading Recovery program

By Sarah Duggan
https://educationhq.com/news/long-time- ... am-122373/
Two documents supporting the discredited literacy intervention program Reading Recovery (RR) have been removed from the Victorian education department’s website, following a campaign from a dyslexia support group.
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