"It's like a job. You have goals. You see results" -Yuriy, Experience Corps Member

Research on Experience Corps
Research on After-School

Washington University researchers document impact of Experience Corps tutors on student progress and benefits of Experience Corps for tutors.

• Read the latest research from Literacy Research and Instruction (PDF)
• Read the latest research from Education and Urban Society (PDF)
• Read the full report on student impact  (PDF)
• Watch the video! Learn more about the impact of Experience Corps
• Watch the video! Learn about the member benefits of Experience Corps 
• Print the brief - The Volunteer Experience (PDF)
• Print the brief - Methodology of Member Outcomes Study (PDF)
• Print the brief - Experience Corps: Stipends (PDF)
• Print the brief - Experience Corps: Who Are the Members? (PDF)
• Print the brief - Experience Corps: Changes in Activity Associated with Participation (PDF)
• Learn more about the Washington University research team 

Johns Hopkins University researchers document Experience Corps impact.
Students earn significantly higher test scores while tutors realize improvements in mental and physical health. Results point to cost-effective "win-win" for students, schools and community.

• Read the latest research in the American Journal of Public Health (PDF)
• Read the latest research from the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, December 2009 (PDF)
• Read the latest research from the Journal of Urban Health, July 2009 (PDF)
• Read the Executive Summary of Hopkins Research (HTML)
• Print the Executive Summary of Hopkins Research (PDF)
• Read a full study published in the Journal of Urban Health, 2006 (PDF)
• Read a full study published in the Journal of Urban Health, 2004 (PDF)

Experience Corps in Urban Elementary Schools: A Survey of Principals (PDF)
Experience Corps boosts student academic achievement, according to an independent survey by Policy Studies Associates, and principals welcome the program into their schools.

"Principals, coping with the press of ever-rising academic expectations and administrative challenges, have no time for programs that do not serve their purposes," notes the report. "Experience Corps has won their allegiance and respect."

• Read key survey findings
• Read quotes from principals
• Read the full report from Policy Studies Associates (PDF)

The Rewards of Giving
"To walk into that school and be a part of the class, it was a fulfillment," explains Philadelphia Experience Corps member Florence Day. This Public/Private Ventures study explores the experience of adults who tutor and mentor in urban schools.

• Read the full report Experience Corps (PDF)

Experience After-School: Matching Assets and Interests with Out-of-School Time Needs
Adults over 55 – expected to double in number and top 30 percent of the U.S. population by 2030 – present "a rich human resource pool" to meet the expanding workforce demands of after-school programs, finds Policy Studies Associates.

• Download the full report (PDF)