The National Data Evaluation Center (NDEC) is an ongoing research project of the School of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. We have a full-time staff of five employees and two graduate students.

The National Data Evaluation Center’s primary mission is to process evaluation research data for all Reading Recovery^® programs in the United States. It fulfills a condition of the Reading Recovery trademark, which grants free use of the name and logo under the condition, among others, that all teacher training sites report on each child served to The Ohio State University, the holder of the trademark. This mandate is explained in the Standards and Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States published by the Reading Recovery Council of North America.

NDEC operates this web site to enable Reading Recovery and Descubriendo la Lectura teachers and teacher leaders to enter data and download reports and datasets. NDEC also publishes a variety of research reports and is engaged in several research initiatives.

University Training Centers and Reading Recovery Trainers

We support 22 Reading Recovery University Training Centers by providing them with standard annual reports as well as data needed to prepare custom reports or engage in research. The NDEC director also advises 40 university trainers and their staff on research and evaluation issues and collaborates with these universities in research efforts.

Teacher Training Sites and Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders

The National Data Evaluation Center operates this web site to enable data entry by Reading Recovery teachers and teacher leaders. Reading Recovery teacher training sites are responsible for collecting and maintaining data at the school, district and site level. The National Data Evaluation Center helps sites carry out this function. It processes data that allows sites to prepare site, district and school reports. The data include student performance information and background data on teachers, schools and school districts.

School Districts, Schools, and Reading Recovery Teachers

NDEC prepares reports for all Reading Recovery and Descubriendo La Lectura School Districts and Schools every year. These documents are distributed through the affiliated Teacher Training Sites. Teachers can produce student reports directly from the web site.

NDEC processes data for more than 140,000 students (including comparison group students), 15,000 teachers, 8,700 schools and 2,800 school districts. Through a series of automated applications, NDEC produces approximately 12,000 standard reports annually. Teacher training sites enter their data via the web and usually receive reports with tables, text and spreadsheets within an hour of submission to NDEC.