Early years students enter the educational system with varying degrees of reading and writing knowledge. Designed by Marie Clay, Reading Recovery is an intervention program that targets struggling literacy learners in grade one. Reading Recovery teachers conduct assessments to identify the neediest literacy learners. Then they design and deliver one-on-one lessons that will accelerate these struggling learners. The lesson segments target reading fluency, reading strategies, letter and word work, and writing skills. Reading Recovery aims to accelerate struggling literacy learners in order to close the gaps among peers at an early age.