Students receiving Experience Corps tutoring and mentorship showed significant improvements in reading and comprehension skills¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students who received EC program tutoring and mentorship showed significant improvements in their reading and comprehension skills. → Morrow-Howell 2009

Evidence¶

Morrow-Howell 2009¶

Morrow-Howell, N., Jonson-Reid, M., McCrary, S., Lee, Y., Spitznagel, E., Dwoyer, E., Sonnenfeld, K., & Sprachman, S. (2009). Evaluation of Experience Corps: Student Reading Outcomes. St. Louis, MO: Center for Social Development, Washington University. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/evaluation-of-experience-corps-student-reading-outcomes

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The report's summary of its evaluation findings states that students who received EC tutoring and mentorship "showed significant improvements in their reading and comprehension skills." No effect size or test statistic is printed in the available text.

"The findings presented in this report demonstrate that students who received EC program tutoring and mentorship showed significant improvements in their reading and comprehension skills"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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