Going through some old email messages today, I found a great article on evaluation of learning center programs published in the Learning Center Exchange. Check out the following link: http://www.learningassistance.com/2007/september/effectivenessoftutoring.html. At the LACM SIG meeting in Portland, several of you asked about how to conduct research to show the effectiveness of what you and your tutors are doing. I think this article will give you some help with that.

Penny

Assessment of Learning Assistance Programs: Supporting Professionals in the Field

          A White Paper prepared for the College Reading and Learning Association Jan Norton, University of Iowa Karen S. Agee, University of Northern Iowa

Assessing Academic Support The Effects of Tutoring on Student Learning Outcomes.pdf by Sharon Ishiki Hendriksen, Lifen Yang, Barbara Love, and Mary C. Hall.

     Karen Agee has posted this reference to the LRNASST listserv some time back.