[ti:Many Students Need Extra Help, But Few Seem to Be Getting It]
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[00:00.04]A federal government report from December
[00:03.56]found that half of all U.S. students started this school year
[00:08.96]behind their grade level in at least one subject.
[00:13.64]Many American education experts say tutoring
[00:17.84]is the best way to help students make up for learning loss
[00:22.08]during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[00:25.80]But, although many schools have received a lot of federal aid,
[00:30.60]only a small number of students have been getting tutored.
[00:34.60]That finding comes from research
[00:37.44]by the nonprofit news organization Chalkbeat and the Associated Press.
[00:44.16]The two organizations surveyed 12 of the nation's school systems.
[00:49.44]Eight systems provided information.
[00:52.68]The schools reported that fewer than 10 percent of students
[00:57.76]received any kind of tutoring in the fall of last year.
[01:03.56]A new tutoring group in Chicago
[01:06.32]served about three percent of students, officials said.
[01:10.84]But less than one percent of students
[01:14.04]in three big school systems received tutoring.
[01:18.56]They were Georgia's Gwinnett County,
[01:21.04]Florida's Miami-Dade County, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[01:26.96]Philadelphia reported that 800 students had been tutored.
[01:31.52]In those three systems, there are more than 600,000 students
[01:37.36]who spent no time in a tutoring program last fall.
[01:42.16]The low tutoring numbers suggest several problems.
[01:46.48]Some parents said they did not know tutoringwas available
[01:50.52]or did not think their child needed it.
[01:53.52]Some school systems have struggled to hire tutors.
[01:57.12]Other school systems said their small tutoring programs
[02:02.16]were part of their efforts to meet students' greatest needs.
[02:07.20]Whatever the reason, the result is clear:
[02:10.28]at an important time for students' recovery,
[02:14.12]millions of children have not received the extra help.
[02:19.16]"It works, it's effective, it gets students to improve
[02:23.48]in their learning and catch up," said Amie Rapaport.
[02:27.92]She is a researcher with the University of Southern California (USC)
[02:34.08]who is studying why so many students are not getting intensive tutoring.
[02:40.64]The Indianapolis school district last year
[02:44.08]began two tutoring programs
[02:46.72]that connect students with teachers by video link.
[02:50.76]One is available to all students after school.
[02:54.84]The other is offered during the day
[02:57.60]for some low-performing schools.
[03:01.12]District officials said the tutoring test program
[03:05.24]improved student test scores.
[03:08.08]Parents also liked the program.
[03:11.72]The two programs served 3,200 students last fall.
[03:17.00]That is about 17 percent of students in district schools.
[03:22.24]Two other tutoring programs operate at a small number of schools.
[03:28.76]The school district also said
[03:30.88]that only 35 percent of the students who registered
[03:34.40]for after-school tutoring last fall attended more than one session.
[03:40.80]Marc Ransford is the Indianapolis Public Schools spokesperson.
[03:45.84]He said the district wants to improve attendance
[03:50.04]and hopes to sign up more students for tutoring next school year.
[03:56.36]A federal survey from December found schools reported
[04:01.12]that about 10 percent of students
[04:03.28]received intensive tutoring several days a week.
[04:07.36]The real number could be lower.
[04:10.32]Only two percent of U.S. households
[04:13.36]said their children are getting intensive tutoring,
[04:16.76]a study from USC found.
[04:20.28]Schools trying to increase tutoring face problems,
[04:23.96]including hiring and planning.
[04:27.00]Experts say tutoring is most effective
[04:30.68]when provided three times a week for at least 30 minutes
[04:35.00]during school hours.
[04:37.28]Offering after-school or weekend tutoring is simpler,
[04:41.60]but attendance is often low.
[04:45.72]Low family interest has been another problem.
[04:49.32]Although test scores sharply dropped during the pandemic,
[04:53.84]many parents do not believe their children
[04:56.76]experienced learning loss.
[04:59.88]In Wake County, North Carolina, the school district
[05:03.56]began planning a reading tutoring program in November.
[05:07.60]District officials last month
[05:10.48]said volunteers are tutoring fewer than 140 students.
[05:16.12]That is far fewer than the 1,000 students
[05:19.76]the program was designed to help.
[05:23.36]Many worry that not enough students
[05:26.04]are getting the help they need
[05:27.76]even as programs continue to grow.
[05:31.28]I'm Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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