Riverton Middle School Supports Core and More with Direct Instruction

As part of Fremont School District #25, Riverton Middle School serves approximately 2,500 students from  the Riverton, Wyoming area. The school, which borders the Wind River Indian Reservation, has a diverse student population, with 45 to 50 percent of sixth, seventh,  and eighth-grade students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Academically, low reading scores were the  norm, and special education was the only remediation option. Searching for an alternative to address their Response to Intervention (RTI) cases outside of special education, Riverton implemented Corrective Reading® and Read to Achieve. Corrective Reading provides level-set instruction in decoding and comprehension. Read to Achieve increases reading comprehension in content-rich classes such as social studies and science. Together, these programs help Riverton educators narrow their students’ achievement gap.