Recommendations for Identifying Students Prone to Reading Challenges & Dyslexia
A Structured Literacy Framework:
How to teach the Essential Components of Reading Instruction (ECORI) to ensure 80% of students reach proficiency
High quality, structured literacy instruction for all students in Tier 1
Utilize reliable and valid benchmark measures to create Tier 2 instructional groups and differentiate support appropriately
Monitor students progress closely to determine when students should be referred for further testing.
Reading Instruction Pyramid
Tier 1: Research-Based Core Instruction
-sufficient for 80% of students
- general classroom instruction
-all students receive this instruction
Tier 3:
Intensive
Instruction
-needed for
5% of students
- systematic instruction
-highly specialized
Tier 2: Targeted Intervention
-necessary for 15% of students
- targeted instruction
-students receive this based on assessments and should be differentiated