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FSU reading researchers report large short-term gains after high-school-to-kindergarten tutoring pilot
Summary
Florida Center for Reading Research presenters told the Leon County School Board that a 9-week pilot that trained high-school tutors to work one-on-one with kindergarten students produced measurable gains: 0% of the participating kindergarteners met grade-level reading standards at the start and 47% were meeting or exceeding standards at the end of the pilot.
Representatives from the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University told the Leon County School Board on May 12 that a multi-year partnership with the district is producing promising results in early-reading work and teacher support.
Dr. Johnson, the FCRR presenter, said the partnership has four priorities — reading, early learning, exceptional student education and college-and-career pathways — and described a focused pilot at Kate Sullivan Elementary. "In just 9 weeks, what we saw was that 0 of these children were meeting grade level standards when we started. By the…
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