Sixteen Year Totals

851,555	Students served through Reading Recovery
613,888	Students received the full series of lessons (up to twenty weeks)
499,058	Students successfully met "discontinued" criteria. Criteria require that students read with averge range of performance for their class and demonstrate independent reading and writing strategies that allow continued achievement.

Reading Recovery Children Served & Results
Year	Children Served	Completed Lessons	Discontinued	Rer Cent
1984–85	110	55	37	67%
1985–86	230	136	99	73%
1986–87	2,048	1,336	1,059	79%
1987–88	3,649	4,648	2,269	86%
1988–89	4,772	3,609	2,994	83%
1989–90	7,778	5,810	4,888	84%
1990–91	12,605	9,283	8,126	88%
1991–92	21,821	16,026	13,499	84%
1992–93	36,443	26,582	22,109	83%
1993–94	56,077	40,493	33,243	82%
1994–95	2,048	1,336	1,059	79%
1995–96	56,077	40,493	33,243	82%
1994–95	81,220	57,712	46,637	81%
1995–96	99,617	71,193	59,266	83%
1996–97	109,879	78,935	65,551	83%
1997–98	122,935	88,929	73,610	83%
1998–99	142,149	101,023	79,275	781%
1999–2000	150,222	110,088	86,396	78%
Totals	851,555	613,888	499,058	81%
Source: National Data Evaluation Center, Ohio State University

Children Served — Children who received at least one lesson in Reading Recovery
Completed Lessons — Children who received at least twenty weeks of the thirty minute individual lessons or reached avergae range performance in fewer weeks
Discontinued² — Children who met rigorous criteria for performing within average range of classmates
Per Cent — Per cent of children who received the full series of lessons and were successfully discontinued from Reading Recovery because they reached the average performance range of their classmates

81% of students who received the full series of lesssons read within average range of their class by the end of first grade.
59% of all students served, even for one lesson, successfully met "discontinued" criteria.

University Trainers, Teacher Leaders, Teachers, School Districts, & Schools
Year	University Trainers	Teacher Leaders	Teachers	School Districts	Schools
1984–85	0	0	16	1	6
1986–87	3	27	280	108	255
1987–88	3	45	531	143	227
1988–89	6	43	732	265	623
1989–90	11	54	1,163	332	892
1990–91	13	80	1,850	508	1,406
1991–92	19	155	3,164	798	2,336
1992–93	24	259	5,343	1,246	3,731
1993–94	33	388	8,182	1,905	5,523
1994–95	39	510	12,084	2,543	7,784
1995–96	39	625	14,153	2,939	9.062
1996–97	42	667	15,843	3,241	9,815
1997–98	35	739	18,831	3,596	10,612
1998–99	38	770	18,584	3,450	11,102
1999–2000	39	728	18,861	3,268	10,664
National Data Evaluation Center, Ohio State University