This program, included in Effective Reading Programs . . . serves approximately 500 pupils in kindergarten through grade six who are eligible for Title I services. About 50 percent of the students are black and about 50 percent are white. Pupil selection is based on low reading capability as determined by test scores, pupil performance, or teacher…

A tutorial program which used students as tutors was conducted in the Seattle Public Schools during the 1971-72 school year as part of an ESEA Title I project. Called "Students Helping Students," the program used 40 seventh and eighth graders as tutors in reading, mathematics, and language for about 80 first through fourth graders.…

To create a model linking Title I and service learning, researchers conducted: (1) focus groups with service learning and Title I practitioners to determine their understanding of practices promoting authentic learning for disadvantaged students; (2) a literature review on effective education for disadvantaged children and a study of relationships…