State Program Evaluation

Research Questions

Annual Reading Recovery program evaluation is guided by the following research questions:

Required

1. How many children were served and who was served in Reading Recovery?
2. What was the end of program status of children served by Reading Recovery? What percentage were successfully discontinued?
3. What was the progress of the Reading Recovery children on literacy measures?
4. What percentage of Reading Recovery and random sample comparison children scored within and above the average band and the stanine criterion performance of Maine first graders (stanine 5 and up) at year-end?
5. What were the gains from exit to year-end of first round Reading Recovery children who were successfully discontinued?

Optional

6. Was there a change in the reading group placement of Reading Recovery children from beginning to end of the school year?
7. What percentage of Reading Recovery children were referred and placed in special education?
8. What percentage of Reading Recovery children were considered for retention and retained in first grade?
9. What informal responses to the Reading Recovery program were made by teachers, administrators, and parents?