

RISE makes it possible to help striving readers make swift progress in a way that alleviates frustration, helps students improve and maintain literacy skills, and cultivates a lifelong love of reading that is so important for continued success.” Jan Richardson, Ph.D., renowned K–12 educator and professional development consultant, leading expert in guided reading, and respected author, says, “Students who need intervention often get trapped in a cycle of frustration that inhibits them from becoming the successful and happy readers we know that they want to be. Access to online resources and videos that offer insights from experts, lessons in action at each station, and team meetings.An appendix containing lesson templates, Comprehension Cards, tools for communicating with families about literacy, and additional resources.Opportunities for collaborative team meetings that help instructors identify daily teaching goals, monitor progress, and decide when students are ready to exit intervention.Lesson guides that support intense, meaning-focused instruction for 45–60 minutes.Instructional stations through which students rotate in small groups daily for six to eight weeks.Key features of the RISE framework include: Both plans are based on Richardson’s best-selling The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading.

The Next Step Forward in Reading Intervention is now available: The handbook outlines two fast and focused intervention plans that help students construct meaning while reading: RISE for students in grades 1–5 reading at guided reading levels C–N, who need to work on decoding, fluency, phonics, reading comprehension, and writing, and RISE Up for students in grades 3–8 reading at guided reading levels O–Z, who need to strengthen their comprehension strategies.


It provides intensive, targeted, and short-term instruction to bolster student literacy skills, proficiency, and the confidence needed to excel as a reader. The RISE (Reading Intervention for Students to Excel) framework is a step-by-step resource for educators of striving readers in grades 1–8. Today, Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, announced the release of The Next Step Forward in Reading Intervention: The RISE Framework, a new professional book from literacy educators Jan Richardson, Ph.D., and Ellen Lewis, M.Ed.
