Legters, McDill, and McPartland (1993) discuss the importance of providing extra help for students:
"Providing effective extra help when it is needed is especially important in the early grades to ensure that a firm foundation of basic skills and self-confidence as a learner are established. Exemplary programs for the early grades described earlier, such as Reading Recovery and Success for All, use well-trained adult tutors to deliver individualized, intensive assistance to students. In contrast, the middle and high school grades are more likely to schedule extra academic assistance during the summer months for helping students who are behind or failing to catch up, or to use peer tutors and technologies to provide additional instruction during the regular school year. These examples reflect strategies that seek to control the costs of providing extra help--using student peers as an inexpensive source of individualized assistance for older students or investing in technology to lower the cost of individualized help from paid professionals." (p. 89)
