A structured tutoring program was successfully used with 500 low-achieving students in Boise (Idaho) Title I elementary schools. Students in grades 1 through 3 were tutored by able fifth and sixth graders who were trained and supervised; students in grades 4 through 6 were tutored by adult aides. The tutoring program used structured sequential…

Title I reading and math outcomes for the school years 1980-81 and 1981-82 in the District of Columbia's public schools (grades 1, 2, 3 and 7) are the subject of this report. In both school years, achievement gains in reading exceeded program objectives for grades 3 and 7 but not for grade 2 (grade 1 scores were not used due to a technical…

High Intensity Tutoring is a cross-age tutoring project for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. The project features drill in basic reading and math facts and the use of programed workbooks. Teachers distribute candy and other rewards on the basis of points earned by students acting as either tutors or tutees. Tutor-tutee pairs are assigned so…

An evaluation of the Indianapolis Title I programs for fiscal year 1970 is presented. An effort was made to concentrate services on the students showing the most need. Finances limited the programs to grades kindergarten through sixth. Programs for programed remedial mathematics, remedial reading, tutorial reading, special education, student…