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Alvin Makori; Patricia Burch; Susanna Loeb – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
High-impact tutoring has emerged as a primary school district investment for addressing learning loss that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. While existing research shows that high-impact tutoring is effective for accelerating student learning, this study examined the school-level facilitators and barriers to scaling high-impact tutoring.…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutoring, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Smith, Thomas – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This presentation focuses on an initial evaluation study of Math Recovery (MR), a pullout, one-to-one tutoring program that has been designed to increase mathematics achievement among low-performing first graders, thereby closing the school-entry achievement gap and enabling participants to achieve at the level of their higher-performing peers in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Program Implementation, Grade 1
Bond, Sally – 2002
With a continuing emphasis on improving student reading achievement across the nation, many elementary educators are exploring the idea of initiating a volunteer reading tutoring program. Although individuals associated with tutoring programs may think about implementation issues, often the focus is on program location, the recruitment and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
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Lehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reviews ERIC materials dealing with effective tutoring programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Development
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McDaniel, Cynthia – Reading Improvement, 2002
Focuses on one elementary school/university partnership as a successful example of an America Reads partnership for a variety of reasons. Notes that this partnership exemplified much more than an "business as usual" attitude. Explores the types of "best practices" occurring on a daily basis, especially as they related to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
McClure, Julie, Ed.; Vaughan, Lynne, Ed. – 1997
This guide has been created by Project TUTOR to assist elementary schools in the development and implementation of a cross-age tutoring program. The guide notes that the TUTOR experience is designed to build self-esteem and increase resiliency in elementary students by acknowledging accomplishments, supporting learning, and encouraging community…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Berliner, David; Casanova, Ursula – Instructor, 1988
A recent cost-benefit analysis was made of reduced class size, increased instructional time, computer-assisted instruction, and peer or cross-age tutoring. Tutoring turned out to have the greatest effect on student learning and to be the most cost effective. Implementation of a successful tutoring program is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
Cook, Barbara; Urzua, Carole – 1993
The literacy club described is a model cross-aged, paired reading program that is being successfully used in an elementary school in Redwood City, California to teach literacy skills to non-native speakers of English. The literacy club pairs older students--"rapid readers"--with younger students--"little readers"--in a yearlong reading experience…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students