Blueprint Math Fellows tutoring raised middle school students' math test scores by 0.12 standard deviations relative to nonparticipant peers¶

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q2 i1 Students participating in Blueprint tutoring scored 0.12 standard deviations higher in math than nonparticipant peers in the same schools and grades, after controlling for baseline scores and characteristics. → 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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Quasi-experimental comparison using district-administered Renaissance Star Math assessment data, comparing tutoring participants to other students in the same schools and grades. The printed effect size is 0.12 standard deviations: "Blueprint participants scored 0.12 standard deviations higher than those of their nonparticipant peers" after covariate adjustment.

"Blueprint participants scored 0.12 standard deviations higher than those of their nonparticipant peers, after controlling for differences in baseline scores and characteristics."

Discussion¶

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