FY2021: Reading Recovery

Fund Code: 574

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.

Priorities:

This grant supports:

• Districts with a Reading Recovery program that includes ongoing professional development support in early literacy intervention for implementing teachers; and ongoing documentation and evaluation of results, including subsequent referral to special education, retention, or long-term services.

• Educational collaboratives, along with school districts that are Reading Recovery training sites, to support a Reading Recovery regional training site for ongoing professional development in early literacy intervention for implementing teachers; and ongoing documentation and evaluation of results, including subsequent referral to special education, retention, or long-term services.

Eligibility:

Districts and educational collaboratives may apply. Only Reading Recovery Training Sites as defined by the Reading Recovery Council of North America are eligible. To be considered eligible, applicants must provide assurance that they will comply with DESE's evaluation of this grant's impact. See "Additional Information" below for details.

Funding Type:

State

Funding:

Approximately $600,000 is available through state funds. Funds will be allocated to Reading Recovery training sites, with priority given based on the number of Reading Recovery teachers and schools that will be impacted at the given site.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts are estimated/approximated and are subject to change. If more funding is to become available, it will be distributed under the same guideline as listed in the initial RFP document.

Fund Use:

Funds must be used for professional development for Reading Recovery teachers. In addition, funds may be purchased to use the DIBELS data system.

Regional training sites may request funds for: training teacher leaders, teacher leader affiliation fees, and teacher leader institute travel.

If funds are intended for teacher leader training, an application must be on file with the Massachusetts Teacher Leader Training Site prior to submitting a grant proposal.

Project Duration:

Upon Approval – 6/30/2021

Program Unit:

Center for Instructional Support/Office of Literacy and Humanities

Contact:

Susan Kazeroid

Date Due:

Friday, February 12, 2021

Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due (by email).

Required Forms:

Complete proposals will include:

Part I — General — Program Unit Signature Page

Part II — Budget Detail Workbook

Part III — Program Information

Part IV — Signed Assurance Page

Additional Information:

Recipients of this grant must comply with DESE's evaluation procedures as outlined below, as enabled by law. Recipients will be required to:

• Download the DIBELS 8^th edition assessment materials and purchase the DIBELS data system
• Assess all students who receive(d) Reading Recovery services from a teacher who received Reading Recovery training provided as a result of grant funding, (1) at the time of grant award or at the time services begin, whichever is first and (2) after completion of services or by the end of May, whichever is first. Any student receiving services during the grant period will need to be assessed twice with DIBELS.
• Provide to DESE pre and post assessment data using DIBELS 8th edition for grade 1 subtests (PSF, NWF, WRF, ORF) for all students served
• Submit a DESE-created report form that indicates student growth using the data farming report from the DIBELS data system. Specific directions for data submission will be provided to recipients.

The submitted data shall be compared to measurable goals and benchmarks established by DESE. In some cases, DESE contracts with third-party, independent researchers selected as part of an open competitive bidding process to conduct analysis of data collected from grant recipients. In some cases, Department staff conducts research directly. It is possible that Department research staff may access and analyze submitted data. In any case, all reported analyses will protect the identities of students, educators, schools, and districts. Analyses will only be reported in the aggregate in order to meet state and federal confidentiality laws. The identities of districts and schools will not be reported.

Any grant related questions must be emailed to Susan Kazeroid. Responses will be posted to this website.

Submission Instructions:

Email all the required forms to instructionalsupport@mass.gov. Electronic proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due.

Applicants will receive a confirmation when the required documents are received. Early submission is strongly encouraged to ensure the complete application is received and confirmed by 5pm on the due date.

Awarded Recipients: Upon award, recipients will be required to enter the approved budget and Part I in EdGrants. Once selected, recipients will be contacted with further instructions on the process.

All documents submitted electronically must be web accessible. For more information, visit: Preparing an MS OFFICE document for the Web.

Last Updated: January 15, 2021