Fifth- and sixth-grade students were trained by kindergarten teachers to tutor kindergarten pupils in reading by using highly structured practice exercises, selected by teachers for each pupil as part of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's First-Year Communication Skills Program. To measure the effectiveness of tutoring on the progress of pupils…

Discusses the current state of the Right to Read Program and outlines future developments. (JF)

Description of tutoring programs now in progress, begins with the assumption that a majority of the nation's schools operate such programs. (RB)

Describes a tutorial program in which school personnel trained fifth- and sixth-grade pupils to tutor kindergarteners in reading. (WY)

Analyzes the first three cohorts of a one-to-one community volunteer tutorial program, an integral part of the Charlottesville (Virginia) City Schools' plan to ensure that all first- and second-grade children learn to read. Demonstrates that two sessions of one-on-one tutoring per week by a trained, supported, and supervised community volunteer…

Although reading paraprofessionals are not to be considered as teacher substitutes, (they are frequently used in routine and mechanical matters, freeing the regular teacher for more individualized instruction and lesson planning), they can make significant contributions in classroom instruction, student motivation, and public relations. Research…

A Reading Buddy Program where high school and university students help junior high students who are having difficulty in reading is a method of improving reading skills and the students' self concepts. (JH)

Potential sources of volunteers over the age of 65 for tutoring in remedial or compensatory reading programs include retired teacher associations, local councils on aging, and local chapters of the American Association for Retired People. Personal contact is generally responsible for volunteers' participation in a tutorial program. When addressing…

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…

The Title III reading program in the Wagner, South Dakota, school district was intended to increase the reading levels of selected elementary school children through the use of lay tutors. The 167 children with reading levels considerably below their grade level were selected to participate. Consultants were used to give intensive inservice…

Reports a case study of an instructional program developed for a nine-year-old boy who was a severe underachiever in both spelling and reading. The program used a structured, systematic instructional approach along with token reinforcement. Both reading and spelling showed improvement that was sustained beyond the treatment period. (Author/JDH)

Describes a six-week experimental cross-age tutoring program involving seventh and eighth graders deficient in reading skills as tutors of kindergarten through sixth grade students also exhibiting deficiencies in reading skills. (TO)

This article describes the implementation of the ENABLE-Plus program, a small group literacy intervention, at two primary schools in England. It covers the program's rationale, core strategies, content (group and individual teaching), tutor training, and reading materials. Evaluation found that 29 of 43 students made accelerated progress in…