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Bridging the Achievement Gap One Student at a Time
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What is Reading MD? |
Reading MD is an
educational NGO. It builds
relationships between colleges, public schools, and community agencies and
then leverages these relationships to create tutorial programs that drive
student achievement. Reading MD is: ·
Proven
effective in building literacy and numeracy skills; ·
Affordable to
schools and districts; ·
Transformative
for students and their tutors. |
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What are tutorials? tutorials
are not… |
Tutorials are one-on-one
(or one-on-two) instruction sessions led by work-study college students and
volunteers. They are: ·
Individually
planned; ·
Scheduled and Mandatory; ·
Skills-based
(for the most part, math and reading); ·
Goal and
assessment driven (created by analysis of testing data (skills testing, MCAS,
proficiencies)); ·
A cost-effective
strategy for bridging the achievement gap. ·
extra help ·
after school ·
optional/drop-in ·
just for
struggling kids |
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What kinds of tutorials has
Reading MD successfully run? |
1.
Skills tutorials
(grades 8-9): a.
Reading,
writing, and/or math b.
60-90 minutes
per day c.
2-5 days per
week 2.
MCAS (10th
grade) a.
ELA and math b.
3 hours per
day/one day per week 3.
Exam
preparation/remediation a.
All subjects b.
Spring programs c.
Summer School |
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What does success mean,
exactly? |
1.
The MATCH Charter
Public School a.
Summer 2003
Reading Tutorials
i.
Students in
program showed average reading gains of .9 grade levels between May and
September (students not in program showed a loss of .2 years). b. Summer 2004 Reading Tutorials
i.
Students in
program showed average reading gains of 1 year between May and September (no
comparison group, all students were in program). 2.
City on a Hill
Charter Public School a.
Skills
tutorials
i.
Spring 2005
reading tutorials 1. Students in program showed average reading gains of
.75 years vs. students not in program who gained .2 years.
ii.
Fall 2005
skills tutorials 1. Math skills: students in tutorial went from 29% to
67% on test of basic skills (students not in tutorial went from 56% to 72%). 2. Reading skills: student in tutorial made twice the
reading growth of students not in tutorial (1.25 vs. .625 of a year).
iii.
Fall 2006
skills tutorials 1. Math skills: students in tutorial went from 45% to
75% on test of basic skills (students not in tutorial went from 60% to 70%). 2. Reading skills: students in tutorial had an extra .7
of a year of reading growth as compared to students not in tutorial (1.0 vs.
.3 of a year). b.
MCAS Tutorials
i.
Unofficial
06-07 results have 100% of CoaH students passing exam (first time ever) and
75% of students scoring proficient or advanced (as compared to 94% passing
and 45% reaching proficient and advanced in best pre-tutorial year). c.
Exam tutoring:
i.
Summer 2005 98%
of tutorial kids passed exams vs. 59% in summer school classrooms.
ii.
Summer 2006
100% of tutorial kids passed exams (minus one student who was dismissed from
program for poor attendance).
iii.
Summer 2007
results pending. |
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What does it cost? |
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$10 per student
per hour of tutoring. This includes: o
proven math and
reading curricula, o
all administrative
and supervisory costs, o
all material
costs, o
training, planning, and reflection time for work-study
college tutors (negotiated work-study contracts with area colleges and
universities pay for an average of 75%
of tutor salaries). |
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How can my school/college/child
get involved? |
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Read more! ·
Contact us! o
617 504 6021 |