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Preventing Early Reading Failure with One-to-One Tutoring: A Best-Evidence Synthesis. Report No. 6.

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Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1990

This study reports the results of a best-evidence synthesis of research on the use of one-to-one tutoring delivered by adults to students in the primary grades who are learning to read. The synthesis includes research on five programs: Reading Recovery, Success for All, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Wallach Tutorial Program, and…

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Intergenerational Programs

Preventing Early Reading Failure with One-to-One Tutoring: A Review of Five Programs.

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Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1993

Reviews 16 studies of 5 1-to-one tutoring models (Reading Recovery, Success for All, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Wallach Tutoring Program, and Programmed Tutorial Reading) used with at-risk first graders. Finds (1) substantial positive effects of tutoring; (2) effects of tutoring are generally lasting; and (3) results were more…

Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews