Mentoring / Tutoring


21st Century Community Learning Centers
Program was effective in increasing parental involvement in the schools and changed where and with whom students spent their out-of-school time.

Adventure Island
Program did not have significant impacts on reading or academic behaviors.

Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up
Program reduced behavioral problems and stress.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Intensive mentoring program had positive impacts on social, academic, and substance use outcomes.

The Buddy System
Mentoring program decreased criminal behaviors in youth who had previously committed serious crimes.

Cambridge-Sommerville Youth Study
Program did not show any positive impact on arrest rates.

Career Beginnings
Program with mentoring, academic, and workplace components has positive impacts on youths' academic and professional achievements.

Check and Connect
Program increased attendance and decreased school mobility.

Children at Risk
Community-wide, multi-component youth development program decreased middle schoolers' chances of repeating a grade.

Early Risers
Program reduced disruptive behavior among children who have exhibited aggressive behavior through parent education and skills training

Experience Corps
Program using adult volunteers in the classroom increased standardized reading test scores and reduced misbehavior referrals.

Fast Track Prevention Project
Comprehensive, ten-year intervention program had positive impacts on high-risk children’s development.

Home Visitation Trial for Urban Women
Program did not impact psychoogical distress or self-esteem.

Hospital and Home Support Interventions During Infancy
Program had no impact on maternal attachment, healthcare utilization, or child abuse and neglect.

Howard Street Tutoring Program
One-on-one tutoring improved reading and writing outcomes in low-ability elementary school readers.

JobStart
Multi-component program had positive impacts on employment- and education-related outcomes.

Mathletics
School-based program improved math test scores.

Mentor-Implemented Violence Prevention Intervention for Assault-Injured Youth
Program increased conflict avoidance self-efficacy and decreased misdemeanor behaviors.

Project BELONG
Mentoring/tutoring program had positive educational and behavioral impacts on at-risk adolescents.

Protecting You/Protecting Me (PY/PM)
Program increased awareness about vehicle safety and reduced children's intentions to ride with impaired drivers.

Quantum Opportunities Program (QOP)
Intensive, multi-year program had positive impacts on disadvantaged teens' educational, reproductive, and community service outcomes.

Reading One-to-One
Low-cost tutoring program had positive impacts on children's reading skills.

SAFEChildren
Program was effective in increasing children’s reading ability and retaining parent involvement in the school over time.

SEARCH/TEACH Tutoring
Program did not have any impact on word comprehension, phonetic analysis, reading/decoding, written spelling, and reading achievement.

Social Skills and Academic Skills Training for Rejected Boys
Program increased social preference ratings by peers and increased reading comprehension scores.

Strengthening Families Program (Formerly Iowa Strengthening Families Program)
Program for parents and adolescents improved parenting skills and strengthened parent-adolescent relationship.

Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE)
Program improved connectedness to peers, self-esteem, and social support from friends.

Success for All
Program increased word identification and other phonological skills.

Summer Career Exploration Program
Program positively impacted college preparation and confidence in career.

Teen Outreach Program (TOP)
Multi-component volunteering program had positive impacts on educational, reproductive, and certain behavioral outcomes.

Three Generations Project
Program positively impacted adolescent mothers with mixed results for subsequent births and parenting attitudes.

Upward Bound
Multi-year, multi-component program had positive impacts on teens' educational outcomes.

West Philadelphia Tutoring Project
Program had no impact on reading or math scores, school attendance, or perception of ability.

Washington State Client-Centered Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Program decreased likelihood of teens having and intending to have intercourse.

Woodrock Youth Development Project (WYDP)
Multi-component program positively impacted substance use, race relations, and other outcomes in at-risk children and teens.