FY2019 Fund Code: 574

Massachusetts Early Literacy Intervention Program - Reading Recovery

Funds Allocated:	$300,000 (State)
Funds Requested:	$300,557
Purpose: This state-funded competitive grant program provides funds to support ongoing professional development for Reading Recovery, an early literacy tutorial program, designed as a short-term intervention program for children struggling with reading in first grade.
Number of Proposals Received:	6
Number of Proposals Recommended:	6
Number of Proposals Not Recommended:	0
Result of Funding: Research demonstrates that the majority of students can learn to read and write through effective classroom instruction. Some students need short-term individualized intervention in order to do so. This grant will support the training of new and established teachers of Reading Recovery, a research-based intervention for early literacy in first grade. Funds are awarded to districts with a Reading Recovery program, as well as Educational Collaboratives that support a Reading Recovery regional training site, to support ongoing professional development in early literacy intervention for implementing teachers; initial intensive training for new Reading Recovery teachers; and ongoing documentation and evaluation of results for students involved in Reading Recovery.

Recipients	Amounts
Boston Public Schools	53,571
Cambridge Public Schools	46,436
Collaborative for Educational Services	71,428
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District	76,785
Haverhill Public Schools	20,871
Springfield Public Schools	30,909
Total State Funds	$300,000

Last Updated: November 30, 2018