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AB  - Adolescent English learners with low literacy strive to learn a new language with minimal or no reading skills. Their efforts are often complicated by having special learning needs or limited experiences with formal education. Meanwhile, they need English literacy in middle and high school, where teachers expect students to read to learn rather than learn to read. Evidence on effective interventions to help these students quickly master both English and reading is scarce. This randomized controlled trial study evaluates the impact of a tailored curriculum, Off2Class Foundational Literacy, paired with high-impact tutoring (HIT), on English reading proficiency among English learners with low literacy. It finds that HIT had a large impact (0.35 SD) on English reading proficiency measured by WIDA ACCESS Reading scores relative to a control group that received the curriculum through teacher-led instruction only. Students received an average of 618 minutes of tutoring in groups of 1 to 3 students per tutor. At a district cost of $665 per learner, the findings offer promising evidence for school districts with similar English language development delivery models.
AU  - Hanson, Havala
AU  - Bates, Lauren 
PY  - 2025
ST  - Off to a Great Start: The Potential for Tutoring Paired with the Off2Class Foundational Literacy Curriculum to Boost English Proficiency Gains for Adolescent Newcomer English Learners
TI  - Off to a Great Start: The Potential for Tutoring Paired with the Off2Class Foundational Literacy Curriculum to Boost English Proficiency Gains for Adolescent Newcomer English Learners
UR  - http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1311
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