Statistics

The percentage of students “underperforming” on the state math test was reduced from 54.5% to 23.7% with 23 hours of small group tutoring.

Average growth in reading is 12 points per school year; the students in the ASAP group had an average growth of 19.4 points. Several students greatly exceeded the typical with 33, 30 and 28 points.

In one inner city high school known for its high juvenile delinquency, the disciplinary actions were reduced by 56%. Students gained from one to three reading grade levels in 29 hours of small group tutoring.

Statistics

Hardly able to read at a kindergarten level, fourteen 7th and 8th grade students were tutored in phonics to help them pronounce, define and read English words. To asses the students’ improvement in reading ability, spring-to-spring scores on the Measures of Academic Progress (a state-aligned measure of reading growth over time) were compiled as pre and post-test data.

Results:

– Average growth of the group was 19.4 points, far in excess of the typical 12 points per year.

– Several students greatly exceeded the typical, with growth of 28, 30 and 33 points.

– The students and their teacher were delighted.

22 students were tutored after school in reading or math, according to their need.

Results:

– Students tutored in reading for an average of 29 hours gained one to three grade levels on the Applied Scholastics Reading Assessment.

– Students tutored in mathematics for an average of 30 hours gained one to three grade levels on the Applied Scholastics Mathematics Assessment.

– Only two reading students and five math students did not improve their scores, but these students did not complete their program.

– Every student wrote a positive evaluation of the program.

High school students gained one full year of growth as determined by standardized testing in just two months of ASAP intervention.

In one inner city high school known for its high juvenile delinquency, the disciplinary actions were reduced by 56%.

The percentage of 8th grade students who were ranked as underperforming in math on the state test was reduced from 54.5% to 23.7% with 23 hours of small group tutoring.

Students gained from one to three reading grade levels in 29 hours of small group tutoring

In just 15 hours or less of tutoring, the reading and math gap reduction ranged from 10% to 53%.