Targeted Reading Instruction

Mission: Mission:

Teachers learning, students growing.

Program Description: Program Description:

Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI; formerly called Targeted Reading Intervention) is a professional development program for K-2 teachers with an embedded reading intervention. Teachers work one-on-one with a beginning reader for 15 minutes a day for a period of eight to ten weeks. TRI literacy coaches support teachers with an initial training institute followed by weekly web-based coaching while a teacher works with a student.

Type of service
Academic Intervention
Other
Other type of service

Reading intervention; professional development for teachers.

Website Address
https://tri.fpg.unc.edu/
Year Started
2005
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
States of Operation
North Carolina
Most recent number of students served
117
Subject Offered
Reading
Grade Levels
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade
Languages Offered
English
Setting
During School
Number of Sessions Per Week
5
Number of Minutes Per Session
18
Number of Weeks Per Program
8
Organization Type
Nonprofit
Customer Type
School
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
Free (based on grant funding)
Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
Yes
RCT Citation

The Effectiveness of a Technologically Facilitated Classroom-Based Early Reading Intervention

RCT effect size
ES = +.50
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
No
Contact Email
fpg_tri@unc.edu
Contact Name
Heather Aiken