ERIC Number: ED586396
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jan
Pages: 106
Abstractor: ERIC
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The Tutoring Partnership: SIF Implementation and Outcome Evaluation. Final Report
Warner-Richter, Mallory; Hirilall, Ashley; Li, Winnie; Tout, Kathryn
Child Trends
The Tutoring Partnership was a Saint Paul and Minneapolis network of 28 community-based programs that provided academic interventions through tutoring. The common goal was improving students' academic outcomes. The Tutoring Partnership, operated by the Saint Paul Public Schools Foundation, supported participating programs by helping them improve program quality, providing research-based professional development, technical assistance, and tutor training. In 2013, the Saint Paul Schools Foundation was awarded a Social Innovation Fund (SIF) sub grant from Greater Twin Cities United Way to examine: (1) implementation of the Partnership, and (2) student outcomes in tutoring programs receiving various levels of capacity-building support from the Partnership. The study built on previous research about the Partnership by examining both student-level and program-level outcomes. In addition to focusing on the effect of the Partnership, the study team answered questions about how the Partnership was implemented in the SIF years. Overall, program staff were satisfied with the Partnership service and found them to be helpful to their programs. Staff found tutor training to be the most helpful service, though it was not used by most tutors. Tutored students made greater gains in the year they were tutored. Programs maintained moderate levels of quality. [The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) intermediaries providing support for this report include Greater Twin Cities United Way and Generation Next. For the executive summary, see ED586397.]
Descriptors: Community Programs, Tutoring, School Community Programs, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Tutors, Training, Professional Development, Workshops, Technical Assistance, Low Income Students, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Social Innovation Fund (SIF)
Authoring Institution: Child Trends
Identifiers - Location: Minnesota (Minneapolis); Minnesota (Saint Paul)
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