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Book Buddies in the Bronx: A Model for America Reads.

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Meier, Joanne D.; Invernizzi, Marcia – 1999

A study implemented and evaluated the Book Buddies model using National Service volunteers as tutors for high-risk first-grade students in a high-poverty urban setting. Using a design with a randomly assigned control group, results show that tutoring sessions produced clear effects. Children who received 40 Book Buddies lessons significantly…

Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness

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