Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI)

Designed as a practical guide to teach reading/language skills to children in grades K-12

The Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction’s purpose is to ensure effective teaching strategies are used that prevent academic failure. These strategies include eliciting accurate and rapid responses during instruction, establishing high levels of mastery, maintaining on-task behavior, integrating the teaching of language skills, using effective management and monitoring systems, varying schedules and classes so students can invest the time and energy needed to learn, and supervising students’ hands-on activities and practice.