Reading Recovery: An Analysis of a Research-Based Reading Intervention
 

Noted researcher and author, Gay Su Pinnell, analyzed research identified as “systematic and replicable” from three sources:

1. The National Research Council Committee of the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children,
2. Related research by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and
3. Other notable researchers. 

Using this research, Pinnell identified ten principles for effective intervention with students who are having difficulty with beginning reading and writing. 

The result of Pinnell’s analysis is a handbook that describes ten principles for effective intervention with students who are having difficulty with beginning reading and writing. Pinnell discusses the Reading Recovery lesson in relation to each research principle. 

A complete copy of the handbook can be downloaded in pdf format:

Download pages 6-30
Download pages 31-55
Download pages 56-75

Information to order the handbook is available on this website or through the Reading Recovery Council of North America, 400 W. Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 250, Worthington, OH 43085