AmeriCorps Tutoring Outcomes Study
Prepared for the Corporation for National and Community Service by Abt Associates, this study addressed the following broad research questions:
- What is the effect of participation in AmeriCorps tutoring programs on children’s reading proficiencies and other classroom behaviors?
- Which components of the reading tutoring programs, considered to be effective practices, are associated with improved student outcomes in reading and classroom behavior?
- Do students in programs implementing more practices identified by research as effective, show greater gains in reading than students in the other AmeriCorps tutoring programs?
