Good News After School Reading Program

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Good News After School Reading Program (formerly the Howard Street Tutoring After School Program)

Approach
Out of School/ Summer	Mentoring	Tutoring	Counseling/ Therapy	School-based	Clinic/ Provider-based	Service/ Vocational learning	Parent or family component	Other
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Outcomes
Educational/ Cognitive	Social/ Emotional	Life Skills	Physical Health	Behavior Problems	Reproductive	Citizenship	Mental Health
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Background Information

Program size

Age range

Research

Program Fee?

Website: Not available.

Mission/Goals: The Good News After School Reading Program provides after school remedial reading instruction through one-on-one tutoring to children who have fallen behind their peers in reading. The goal of the program is to enhance the reading skills/reading comprehension of its participants.

Notes: Good News is in its 25th year of providing after school reading tutoring for second through fourth graders at Gale Academy, a high risk Chicago public school on the north side of the city. Good News operates out of the Good News Church soup kitchen.

No: Program serves approximately 20 children for 7-month periods.

Grades 2-4

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Type of Evaluation: Experimental.

Objective: To assess the impact of the reading program on children's reading and reading comprehension skills.

Impact/Outcomes: Tutored students increased their mean test scores in word recognition, reading passages and spelling tests from pre-test to post-test. One-third of participants made accelerated growth in reading, and another 30% gained a full year in reading. Another 40% progressed in reading but at a slower rate.

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