Enhances the Best Practices Already Happening
What: ECRI is instructional routines and daily Tier I & Tier II lessons that increase the effectiveness of a school’s existing K-2 core reading program.
Why: No curriculum is perfect. ECRI increases the explicitness and intensity of the instruction of a school’s existing core reading program to close student achievement gaps and support teacher delivery of instruction.
How: ECRI increases alignment between Tier I & Tier II by:
- Using the same scope and sequence of core curriculum.
- Using the same routines and language for introducing and practicing skills.
- Preteaching of content in Tier II to promote students’ access to Tier I.
ECRI has been vetted as a proven early literacy program by the What Works Clearinghouse, Evidence for ESSA, The National Center on Intensive Intervention, and Proven Tutoring.
Core Program Alignment
- Wonders
- Into Reading
- Open Court Reading
- Benchmark
- EL Education
- My View
- CKLA
- Journeys
- Reading Street
- Reach for Reading
- And more!!!
Originally developed at the University of Oregon, work on ECRI continues at Boston University Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education under the guidance of Hank Fien, Executive Director, WISE, Director, NCIL, Nancy H. Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation BU Wheelock.
Request ECRI Professional Development and/or Materials
To request ECRI technical assistance and/or materials, please complete the form below and a member of WISE will contact you. Improvements to this request page are in progress.
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