Student participation in Air Tutors varied greatly across districts: 93 percent of District A students met the 24-hour threshold versus 16 percent in District B, where 62 percent received 15 or fewer hours¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? 93 percent of Air Tutors students in District A met or exceeded the 24-hour threshold, compared with only 16 percent in District B. → Fong 2025 q2 i? In District B, 450 students (62 percent) received 15 or fewer hours of tutoring and 144 students (20 percent) received 10 or fewer hours. → Fong 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Fong 2025¶

Fong, A., Chen-Gaddini, M., & Huang, M. (2025). An evaluation of the Air Tutors Program: Findings from an Arnold Ventures grant. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673538

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Descriptive analysis of student tutoring attendance data collected from Air Tutors for the 2023–24 evaluation year (482 students in District A, 728 in District B attended at least one session). The report contrasts the two districts' threshold attainment: "93 percent of Air Tutors students met or exceeded the 24-hour threshold" in District A versus 16 percent in District B.

"In District A, 93 percent of Air Tutors students met or exceeded the 24-hour threshold. In contrast, only 16 percent of students in District B reached this level."

Fong 2025 (2)¶

Fong, A., Chen-Gaddini, M., & Huang, M. (2025). An evaluation of the Air Tutors Program: Findings from an Arnold Ventures grant. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673538

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Descriptive attendance analysis for District B showing most participants fell well below the intended dosage: 450 students (62 percent) received 15 or fewer hours and 144 students (20 percent) received 10 or fewer hours. The report attributes low participation to budget constraints, scheduling challenges, late start dates, and frequent cancellations.

"a substantial portion—450 students (62 percent)—received 15 or fewer hours of tutoring, and 144 students (20 percent) received 10 or fewer hours of tutoring"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Among students receiving at least 24 hours of Air Tutors tutoring, no statistically significant long-term effect on statewide math assessments was detected — related
• Among students receiving at least 24 hours of Air Tutors tutoring, the program showed no significant impact on statewide summative assessments but a positive, statistically significant impact on district benchmark assessments in both districts (effect sizes 0.13 and 0.33) — related
• In the prior 2025 evaluation, Air Tutors showed positive short-term benchmark gains at sufficient dosage but negative short-term statewide effects in the full sample — related
• Tutor engagement in Ubuntu professional learning sessions was high in both districts, with 82 percent of District A tutors and 94 percent of District B tutors attending all three sessions — related
• Program dosage was low for many participants: nearly half of Talent Search participants received 10 or fewer hours of services a year — related
• One year after tutoring, full-sample Air Tutors participation shows no statistically significant impact on statewide math assessment scores — related
• Short-term gains from Air Tutors tutoring on district benchmark assessments did not persist to statewide math assessments 1 year later — related
• In the full-sample analysis, Air Tutors students performed worse than matched peers on the statewide summative assessment (significant overall and in District B) but showed more benchmark growth in District A and no significant benchmark difference in District B — related