Reading Audit Research Hub Interventions for Struggling Readers

Find reports and links to best-practice in relation to interventions below:

• What Works for Struggling Readers?
  This review summarises a report evaluating research on the achievement outcomes of alternative approaches for struggling readers in primary school: one-to-one tutoring, small group tutorials, classroom teaching process approaches, and IT.
  

  Slavin, R., Lake, C., Davies, S. and Madden, N. (2009). What Works for Struggling Readers. [online] Institute for Effective Education. Available at: https://www.beib.org.uk/category/struggling-readers/ [Accessed 04/04/2020]

• What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties?
  A report on the effectiveness of intervention schemes.
  

  Brooks, G. (2016). What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties?. [online] Available at: https://www.helenarkell.org.uk/documents/files/What-works-for-children-and-young-people-with-literacy-difficulties-5th-edition.pdf [Accessed 04/02/2020.

• Overcoming illiteracy with Reading Recovery
  Summary of a report on Reading Recovery, a literacy programme targeted to children with the most complex problems in reading and writing.
  

  International Literacy Centre. (2014). Overcoming illiteracy with Reading Recovery. [online] Available at: https://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/ec/d6/overcoming-illiteracy-web-reading-recovery-1619202.pdf [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• Fast Forward: Summary of Research Findings
  This report presents a summary of findings of the study conducted by staff from the Department of Language, Literacy and Arts Education at The University of Melbourne and commissioned by Nelson Cengage Learning Australia to research new levelled texts (levels 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13) that form part of a new reading intervention program for Middle Years students entitled Fast Forward.
  

  Department of Language, Literacy and Arts Education. (2017). Fast Forward: Summary of Research Findings. [online] Available at: http://education.scholastic.ca/images/SCH/fast_track_images/fast_track_research.pdf [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• The Reading Intervention Programme
  An overview of the Reading Intervention Programme.
  

  Interventionsforliteracy.org.uk. (2017). The Reading Intervention Programme – Interventions for Literacy. [online] Available at: http://www.interventionsforliteracy.org.uk/home/interventions/list-view/the-reading-intervention-programme/ [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• Education Endowment Foundation: Catch Up® Literacy
  This covers the first (efficacy) trial of Catch Up® Literacy, which tested whether it could work in schools under best possible conditions.
  

  Education Endowment Foundation. (2017). Catch Up Literacy | Projects. [online] Available at: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/our-work/projects/catch-up-literacy/ [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• Education Endowment Foundation: Reach
  REACH is a targeted reading support programme designed to improve reading accuracy and comprehension in pupils with reading difficulties in Years 7 and 8.
  

  Education Endowment Foundation. (2016). REACH | Projects. [online] Available at: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/our-work/projects/reach [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• Education Endowment Foundation: Switch-on Reading
  This covers the first (efficacy) trial of Switch-on Reading, which tested whether it could work in schools under best possible conditions.
  

  Education Endowment Foundation. (2017). Switch-on Reading | Projects. [online] Available at: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/our-work/projects/switch-on-reading [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

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