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When Less May Be More: A 2-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of a Volunteer Tutoring Program Requiring Minimal Training.

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Baker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000

Describes "Start Making a Reader Today" (SMART), a volunteer tutoring program that helps K-2 students at risk of reading difficulties. Finds that the program improved students' word reading, reading fluency, and word comprehension, though level of performance at end of second grade was still much lower than that of average-achieving…

Descriptors: High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Program Descriptions

The Effectiveness of One-to-One Tutoring by Community Tutors for At-Risk Beginning Readers.

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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Antil, Lawrence R.; Wayne, Susan K.; O'Connor, Rollanda E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997

Twenty at-risk first graders received 30 minutes of individual instruction from community tutors four days a week for up to 23 weeks. Subjects outperformed the control group on all reading, decoding, spelling and segmenting, and writing measures. Tutors who implemented the program with a high degree of fidelity achieved significant effect sizes in…

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Grade 1, Individual Instruction