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Download full textLiteracy Volunteers, Inc., Syracuse, NY. – 1974
A demonstration project established eight self-supporting, volunteer-staffed adult basic reading tutorial programs in Connecticut, seven in Massachusetts, and one in central New York city. Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) tutors also helped adult basic education students, tutored inmates and trained inmate tutors in correctional institutions,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Holmes, James N. – 1985
The pilot Helping One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) project has been highly successful in terms of benefits to and attitude impact on students. The 1984-85 project was a continuation of the Retired Teacher Tutoring Project which began in the spring of 1983, combined with HOSTS tutoring methods and materials. Although tutoring by the retired teacher…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Minimum Competencies
