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Download full textWasik, 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
Peer reviewedWasik, 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
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
This paper provides an overview of Reading Recovery, a preventative one-on-one tutoring program that targets first-grade students whose reading skills place them in the lowest 10-20% at their school. First implemented in the United States in 1986, by 1995-96, the program was being used by over 9,000 schools in 2,940 districts. Key components of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
