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When Less May Be More: A 2-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of a Volunteer Tutoring Program Requiring Minimal Training.

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Baker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000

Describes "Start Making a Reader Today" (SMART), a volunteer tutoring program that helps K-2 students at risk of reading difficulties. Finds that the program improved students' word reading, reading fluency, and word comprehension, though level of performance at end of second grade was still much lower than that of average-achieving…

Descriptors: High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Program Descriptions

The Effective Instruction of Comprehension: Results and Description of the Kamehameha Early Education Program.

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Tharp, Roland G. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1982

Describes a reading program that features systematic instruction in comprehension that has been developed for Polynesian and Hawaiian children identified as educationally high risk. (AEA)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High Risk Students, Instructional Design