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2.  Are there materials (hard-copy and/or online) that he can use himself to get better (in conjunction with a tutor)?

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I'm a reading/writing tutor but I don't live in VA so would be too far away for you.

For basic composition (writing to a prompt, 5 paragraph essay) in the upper elementary/middle school grades, I would suggest  Pattern Based Writing  (www.patternbasedwriting.com)   You download the book from the website.

For reading -- you really need to have him evaluated by a reading specialist to see what the problem is.  Many students in middle school struggle because they have difficulty decoding words of Greek/Latin origin, for instance.  If that's the case you might want to try abecedarian level D (Combining Greek Forms)

http://www.abcdrp.com/samples/ABCD_WD_sample.pdf

Do you have any sense of what your son's problem in reading could be?   If you ask him to read something alound -- say a newspaper -- can he read it fluently and understand what he is reading?   It is possible that he just isn't skilled at taking multiple choice tests.
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