What's New for February 2010

What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review: Self Affirmation and Intervening to Close the Minority Achievement Gap (February 9, 2010)
This new quick review rates a study that examined the use of self affirmation to improve academic performance in African-American middle school students.

What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review: Evaluation of Experience Corps on Student Reading Outcomes (February 9, 2010)
This study examined whether "Experience Corps", a tutoring and mentoring program for elementary school students considered at risk of academic failure, improved reading skills.

What Works Clearinghouse Rates Study of Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction (February 2, 2010)
See how the What Works Clearinghouse rated this study on the computer-based curriculum "I Can Learn" for teaching pre-algebra and algebra to middle- and high-school students.