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Expert: Tier 2 reading supports often fail without coherent instruction and trained staff
Summary
A literacy specialist told a legislative subcommittee that state-mandated tier 2 reading interventions frequently produce small or negative results unless they align with classroom instruction and are delivered by trained staff; high-dosage tutoring and local coaching networks showed the strongest gains in studies discussed.
Representative Moira Raider invited Rachel Bridal, director of the Reading Language Arts Center at UConn, to brief the Education Subcommittee on recent research and lessons for tier 2 reading interventions.
"Most of the schools are actually generating a negative impact with tier 2 and tier 3," Bridal said, summarizing results from a 2015 national RTI impact study and more recent state-level work. She told lawmakers that tier 2 should mean intensified, personalized instruction but that many implementations fail because they are incoherent with classroom curricula or are delivered by underqualified staff.
Bridal said intensified instruction requires at least one of three features — more time, more…
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