Effectiveness of After-School Tutoring
July 17th, 2009
After school tutoring programs have been widely implemented in the past few years and we are now beginning to get some research results from them.
Debbie Viadero over at Inside School Research reviews some of these studies and the end result isn’t very positive. Most indicate the participating students show little or no gain. Chicago’s implementation showed improvement, but had large challenges with participation and retention. (Incidentally, the parents were very pleased with the programs.)
The big question here is why aren’t we seeing better results? Is it the materials being used? Is it the instructional technique? Is it the assessments (or lack thereof) in the programs to monitor small progress?
With so many calls for more time in school, these results for kids who actually HAVE been spending more time in school are important. We need to be very clear what will and will not be worth that extra time.
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