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Preventing Summer Reading Loss for Students in Poverty: A Comparison of Tutoring and Access to Books
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Direct linkBell, Sherry Mee; Park, Yujeong; Martin, Melissa; Smith, Jamie; McCallum, R. Steve; Smyth, Kelly; Mingo, Maya – Educational Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine if reading achievement of students from high-poverty US schools differs as a function of participation in summer tutoring versus access to books. Data from 100 at-risk youth who participated in tutoring (n = 45) or received self-selected books (n = 55) indicated significant gains for students in both…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Poverty, Books, Tutoring
McCallum, R. Steve; Sharp, Shannon; Bell, Sherry Mee; George, Thomas – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Seventy-four students read passages from an individually administered test of reading comprehension (a subtest from the "Test of Dyslexia," a test of reading and related abilities currently in development; McCallum & Bell, 2001), and then answered literal and inferential questions. Students were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Reading Ability, Oral Reading, Multivariate Analysis
