Richard L. Allingtonis a past president of the International Reading Association and of the National Readingnbsp;Conference. He has written more than 100 published papers and reports on reading difficulties, and is the author or coauthor ofWhat Really Matters in Response to Intervention,What Really Matters in Fluency, Classrooms That Work, andSchools That Work.Dick is a former classroom teacher, reading specialist, and federal programs director who has studied and written about reading intervention including his influential article inthe Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,ldquo;If They Donrsquo;t Read Much, How They Ever Gonna Get Good?rdquo;.