Most Blueprint students reported strong tutor relationships, but reported relationship strength varied across sites¶

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q2 i? Most students reported strong relationships with their tutors, yet the reported strength of student-tutor relationships varied across tutoring sites. → Andrew Gothro 2023

Evidence¶

Andrew Gothro 2023¶

Andrew Gothro, Gregory Chojnacki. (2023). Blueprint Math Fellows Tutoring Program: Math Knowledge Impacts and Participant Math Perceptions. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/math-knowledge-impacts-and-math-perceptions-among-participants-in-the-blueprint-math-fellows

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Participant survey findings from the evaluation report: "most students reported strong relationships with their tutors". The key findings section adds that reported relationship strength "varied across sites". No effect size is printed for this measure.

"In addition, most students reported strong relationships with their tutors, and on average, students' reported math confidence and belonging in tutoring increased modestly during the school year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Exploratory analyses: students ending the year in larger tutoring groups showed the largest math score increases but reported weaker tutor relationships than peers in smaller groups — related
• Student math confidence and sense of belonging in tutoring increased modestly during the school year, with site-level variation — related
• Strong student–tutor relationships and a sense of belonging characterized tutoring programs with high attendance and positive learning effects — a broader claim this one bears on
• Blueprint Math Fellows tutoring raised middle school students' math test scores by 0.12 standard deviations relative to nonparticipant peers — related
• Tutored students reported positive relationships with Cignition tutors, with little variation in relationship quality across tutors — related
• Students completing the end-of-year survey reported favorable views of their relationships with math tutors and their sense of belonging in tutoring sessions — related