Reports that poor readers receiving language training obtained higher composite psycholinguistic scores on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities than did a control group but that the pattern of psycholinguistic deficits was modified only in a group receiving specific training. (FL)

A tutoring program developed for first grade inner city children, employing student teachers as tutors, is evaluated in this report. Tutoring had no discernible effect on performance on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Ability. However, tutored children were placed in the highest reading group, and were rated as having completed the first…