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Gartner, Audrey – Social Policy, 1997
Reports on research on peer helping programs and describes a peer tutoring program in three New York City high schools. Results illustrate the importance of youth participation in meaningful roles. Notes that programs in which youth help youth could do many positive things, especially in urban schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Helping Relationship, High Risk Students, High School Students
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Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1993
Reviews 16 studies of 5 1-to-one tutoring models (Reading Recovery, Success for All, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Wallach Tutoring Program, and Programmed Tutorial Reading) used with at-risk first graders. Finds (1) substantial positive effects of tutoring; (2) effects of tutoring are generally lasting; and (3) results were more…
Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
This paper provides an overview of Reading Recovery, a preventative one-on-one tutoring program that targets first-grade students whose reading skills place them in the lowest 10-20% at their school. First implemented in the United States in 1986, by 1995-96, the program was being used by over 9,000 schools in 2,940 districts. Key components of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore, MD. – 1987
If schools improved the academic performance of at-risk students beginning in the early years and continuing through the elementary grades, this improvement would have multiple positive effects on student dropout, delinquency, pregnancy, substance abuse, and other behaviors. Early improvement of poor academic performance could greatly alleviate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Learning, Early Intervention
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
This paper provides an overview of Reading One-to-One, a structured paraprofessional tutorial program designed to improve the performance of at-risk students in grades K-8, particularly low-income, minority, and second-language learners. The program builds on some elements of Reading Recovery and Success For All. The curriculum combines explicit…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials
Sharma, Shiva C. – 1977
Programs providing academic support services in colleges and universities and the evaluation of these services are reviewed. Attention is also directed to the need for opportunities in higher education for students with marginal high school academic records, and responses to the need by institutions of higher education. It is suggested that there…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Aptitude, Access to Education, Basic Skills