Overview
As a result of the America Reads Challenge Act of 1997, numerous tutoring programs have been established to help ensure that every child reads independently by the end of third grade. Utilizing trained volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, these programs mobilize the resources of universities, public schools, parents, and community agencies. This invaluable book describes exemplary America Reads programs across the country as well as other effective early literacy interventions, including Reading Recovery, the Howard Street Tutoring Project, and Book Buddies. Also presented are timely research studies that offer insight into the tutoring process and its effectiveness. Providing useful program planning information and training protocols, the book facilitates the productive sharing of ideas among professionals who are initiating new tutoring programs or refining existing ones.Synopsis
As a result of the America Reads Challenge Act of 1997, numerous tutoring programs have been established to help ensure that every child reads independently by the end of third grade. Utilizing trained volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, these programs mobilize the resources of universities, public schools, parents, and community agencies. This invaluable book describes exemplary America Reads programs across the country as well as other effective early literacy interventions, including Reading Recovery, the Howard Street Tutoring Project, and Book Buddies. Also presented are timely research studies that offer insight into the tutoring process and its effectiveness. Providing useful program planning information and training protocols, the book facilitates the productive sharing of ideas among professionals who are initiating new tutoring programs or refining existing ones.
Booknews
Written for professionals initiating new tutoring programs or refining existing ones, this book describes exemplary America Reads programs across the country as well as other effective early literacy interventions, including Reading Recovery, the Howard Street Tutoring Project, and Book Buddies. Also presented are research studies that offer insight into the tutoring process and its effectiveness. Contributors include scholars in psychology, literacy, and education, as well as program directors and school administrators. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Tutoring Programs for Struggling Readers should be required reading for all literacy educators, curriculum administrators, and school district reading teachers and supervisors. Editor-practitioners Morrow and Woo have created a handbook for 'possibility thinkers' committed to freedom and literacy for all." --John F. Dean, EdD, Orange County (CA) Superintendent of Schools; Past President, California Reading Association; Professor Emeritus, Whittier College, Whittier, CA"Our nation has finally recognized the importance of ensuring that all children leave school with the literacy skills needed to thrive in the information economy. We have also discovered that the systems currently in place in most schools are inadequate to handle the task. This volume describes in detail how voluntary support systems can be created to augment and extend the work of teachers, and to meet the America Reads Challenge. The editors are to be commended for preparing a volume that translates ideas into effective practices." --Gary Galluzzo, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University
"This book provides comprehensive information on how to plan, implement, and evaluate a tutoring program. It describes effective programs and goes much further, offering practical suggestions for designing lessons, training tutors, assessing program effectiveness, and engaging community support. This book should be required reading for anyone who is presently involved in a tutoring program or who is thinking about beginning one." --JoAnne Caldwell, PhD, College of Education, Cardinal Stritch University