COMPREHENSIVE READING MODEL

Objectives

As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:

• Identify and describe the focus of each of the tiers of the Three Tier Model of Instruction
• Compare the instructional goals in Tiers I, II, and III
• Compare the assessment in Tiers I, II, and III
• Compare the professional development in Tiers I, II, and III
• Explain the discrepancy model for determining student eligibility for special education services
• Describe the focus of Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Identify the types of teachers who make up Problem Solving Teams
• Identify the purpose of problem solving teams
• Sequence the steps for the planning the Implementation of a Comprehensive Reading Model

Key Terms

• Comprehensive Reading Model
• Three Tier Model of Instruction
• Intensive Intervention
• Strategic Supplemental Intervention
• Core Reading Program
• Essential reading components
• Screening
• Progress monitoring
• Diagnostic measures
• Outcome measure
• Problem solving method
• Problem solving teams

Assessment

Instructional PowerPoint

Web Resources

The following websites and resources may be useful to reading teachers in planning and implementing their lessons.

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2007
  The full NAEP report that presents the disappointing results of the 2007 NAEP in reading grades 4 and 8. The report includes results for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
• Spotlight 3-Tier Reading Schools
  Learn more about a 2004-2005 project that introduced the Three-Tier Reading Model to numerous Texas schools and districts. The project website offers a description of the model, the research behind it, and examples of its implementation in schools and districts.
• "Research and the Three-Tier Model" by Richard Allington
  This article presents a different perspective of the Three-Tier Model of Reading Instruction and proposes an alternative version that will prevent what is termed by Allington as "instructional fragmentation."
• High Noon Reading-Levels 1 & 2
  A reading intervention series, created by High Noon Books, a division of Academic Therapy Publications, that offers 130 lessons for grades 3 and above. Ideal for small group and individual student instruction, the High Noon Reading program is the perfect addition to your tiered instruction model.