The results of a pilot study of a reading tutor program that had as its focus the creation of a suitable reporting system for insuring adequate implementation of the program are discussed in this paper. The use of learning resource teachers (LRTs) to train tutors, select tutees, monitor implementation, and establish home-based reinforcement is…

Elementary students who have fallen behind their instructional group in reading can increase their rate of acquisition of reading skills through increased "time on task" (the time a learner actually spends attending to the learning task). In a six-month research project, subject students were pretested for reading ability, then grouped under three…