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Accountability
Targeted Assistance
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Provider: Learning Styles L.L.C.
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| Provider Details |
| Program Areas: | Reading, Writing, Mathematics |
| Grades: | K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Place of Service: | Student's School, Business, Community Center, Other |
| Type of Organization: | For Profit |
Experience with:
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students: Yes
Students with disabilities: Yes |
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| Program Description (written by provider) |
Learning Styles' tutors specialize in providing one-on-one tutoring for students at all grade levels and ability levels. Using this model we are able to determine challenge areas and focus on the areas of greatest need. For nearly 25 years Learning Styles has worked with thousands of students to improve the student’s academic and organizational skills. We are particularly noted for our ability to work with students who have IEPs and 504 Plans. An Individual Learning Plan is developed for each student and taught by highly qualified tutors. First we assess each student to find strength areas, challenges, and needs. Then we help the student to set and achieve goals. We use programs and strategies designed to help students quickly learn the strategies and skills they need to be successful learners. Computers, educational games or other hands-on activities are part of every session.
If student and parent agree, the parent or a mentor is invited to observe our tutoring sessions. A typical session lasts from 55 to 85 minutes. We provide feedback after each session in the form of a session recap explaining what the student has accomplished during the tutoring session. Session recaps are monitored by a learning specialist at Learning Styles who provides ongoing consultation to tutors. These session recaps can be e-mailed home and to the school after each appointment. They are also mailed to home and school each month. |
| Evidence of Effectiveness (written by provider) |
Learning Styles—A Professional Tutoring Service
Learning Styles is a local Massachusetts SES provider serving students in the western and southeastern parts of the state. As an example of our effectiveness, of the students enrolled in the 2007-2008 academic year, 90% attended the first session and took a reading or math pretest. 72% of the students attending the first session completed both pretesting and post testing. Using the Learning Styles guidelines for measuring progress (see below) 66% of our students who were pretested and post tested made good or exceptional progress in reading and 88% made good or exceptional progress in math.
Learning Styles Guidelines for Measuring Progress of Students
Using standardized achievement tests or subtests in the designated area of need, the following guidelines were used to judge student progress:
Exceptional Progress: A year or more of progress from pretest to post test during the tutoring period of approximately 5-6 calendar months or a standard score increase of 5 or more points during the tutoring period. Good Progress: Progress from pre to post-test was more than the number of months tutored or an increase in standard score from pre to post-test of 1 to 4 points.
Student and Parent Satisfaction Ratings
Current Learning Styles students in our SES program were asked to answer the following question: Overall, what level of quality would you rate tutoring? On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being excellent, our students rated the quality of tutoring at 4.82. One student commented, "I think she (tutor) was very nice and she really listened to me. I liked coming there." In answer to the same quality of tutoring question parents gave tutoring by Learning Styles a score of 4.88. Parents were also overwhelmingly positive in feeling that their child's performance improved during the course of the school year. A parent commented, "I feel it helped. My son really needed that one-on-one attention. His tutor Mr. S. was very kind and informative." |
| District(s) Served |
Please note that these are the districts this provider is approved to serve through this contract. Not all of these districts may be required to offer supplemental educational services through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act. Check with your school or district for more details.
| Acushnet Public Schools | Agawam Public Schools | Amherst Public Schools |
| Attleboro Public Schools | Barnstable Public Schools | Belchertown Public Schools |
| Berkley Public Schools | Bourne Public Schools | Brimfield Public Schools |
| Cambridge Public Schools | Chicopee Public Schools | Conway Public Schools |
| Dartmouth Public Schools | Deerfield Public Schools | Easthampton Public Schools |
| East Longmeadow Public Schools | Easton Public Schools | Fairhaven Public Schools |
| Falmouth Public Schools | Freetown Public Schools | Granby Public Schools |
| Granville Public Schools | Greenfield Public Schools | Hadley Public Schools |
| Hatfield Public Schools | Holyoke Public Schools | Lakeville Public Schools |
| Longmeadow Public Schools | Ludlow Public Schools | Middleborough Public Schools |
| Monson Public Schools | New Bedford Public Schools | Northampton Public Schools |
| North Brookfield Public Schools | Norton Public Schools | Palmer Public Schools |
| Pelham Public Schools | Rochester Public Schools | Seekonk Public Schools |
| Somerset Public Schools | Southampton Public Schools | South Hadley Public Schools |
| Springfield Public Schools | Sunderland Public Schools | Swansea Public Schools |
| Taunton Public Schools | Wareham Public Schools | Westfield Public Schools |
| Westhampton Public Schools | Westport Public Schools | West Springfield Public Schools |
| Whately Public Schools | Williamsburg Public Schools | Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural |
| Barnstable Horace Mann Charter District | Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter District | Sabis International Charter District |
| Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter Public District | New Leadership Charter District | Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public District |
| Atlantis Charter District | Amherst-Pelham | Bridgewater-Raynham |
| Chesterfield-Goshen | Dennis-Yarmouth | Dighton-Rehoboth |
| Farmington River Reg | Freetown-Lakeville | Frontier |
| Gateway | Hampden-Wilbraham | Hampshire |
| Old Rochester | Pioneer Valley | Southwick-Tolland |
| Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical | Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical | Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical | Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical | Bristol County Agricultural |
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