What lessons have been learned to date by the 61 tutoring partnerships that received the America Reads subcontracts? This report will answer that question by exploring partnerships' experiences in recruiting and supporting volunteer reading tutors, while paying particular attention to tutor training. When applicable, the partnerships' experiences will be used to illustrate points from the available research on reading tutoring.
Information about the 61 partnerships came from four primary sources: partnerships' program abstracts; summaries of effective and promising practices in tutor training reported to the regional educational laboratories; findings of expert review panels at the laboratories; and partnerships' final reports. The expert panels, in examining the partnerships' effective practices reports, looked for evidence of success, program quality, educational significance, and replicability. The essence of the panels' findings is summarized in the Effective and Promising Practices sidebar.
The review process followed review standards set by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Panel members included school and community-based education professionals, reading experts, and professional staff of the educational laboratories.
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