What is Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI)?
Enhanced Core Reading Instruction is a multi-tiered program (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) featuring a series of explicit teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first and second grade.
The Enhanced Core Reading Instruction model increases the level of explicitness of core reading instruction by redesigning the core reading program to focus on critical reading content, to be clear and systematic, and to provide deliberate and frequent practice opportunities (Baker, Fien, Baker, 2010; Carnine, Silbert, Kame’enui, 1997; Kame’enui, Carnine, Dixon, Simmons, & Coyne, 2002).
Further, through an additional daily, 30-minute, small group intervention, at-risk readers are pre-taught critical content that appears in the next day’s core reading lesson and are provided with more practice opportunities to learn critical reading skills and concepts. In small group lessons, at-risk readers are provided with highly interactive and engaging learning opportunities
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Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI) in the Classroom
Explicit Elements in ECRI
Study Information
How Enhanced Core Reading Instruction Has Improved Reading Outcomes for Students with Reading Difficulties Though Tiered Supports, Institute of Education Sciences
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