Enhanced Core Reading Instruction

An Overview of ECRI for Families

Dear Families,

Your school has adopted Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI), a program featuring a series of teaching routines designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reading instruction in kindergarten, first, and second grade. This newsletter will help you to better understand your child's reading instruction using ECRI.

Ask an Expert: What are the characteristics of effective literacy instruction?

This first video below explains the components of ECRI that makes it so successful. Professional Development Coach and ECRI National Trainer, Jess Surles talks about what effective literacy instruction should look like in your child's classroom using ECRI.

Why ECRI?

This second video is an interview with the author of ECRI, Carol Dissen. She discusses how ECRI was developed, the history of the program development, and the research that supports the effectiveness of ECRI.

A Little More About ECRI: PaTTAN Literacy Symposium Session

Lastly, this third and final video below is a session that was provided during the 2020 PaTTAN Literacy Symposium with Jess Surles. In this video Jess describes ECRI to PaTTAN Literacy Symposium attendees and answers participant questions.

Additional details about ECRI

Aligned with Common Core State Standards
Rigorous research studies demonstrate the intervention’s positive impact on reading achievement for at-risk readers.
Developed with support from the US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences.
Research on Enhanced Core Reading Instruction was reviewed by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII). The research received a rating of "convincing evidence" in the areas of participants, research design, fidelity of implementation, targeted outcome measures and broad outcome measures.

Center for Teaching and Learning ECRI Webpage