High dosage tutoring can produce accelerated academic growth for academically at-risk students if implemented effectively and at proper scale¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? When high dosage tutoring is implemented effectively and at the proper scale, accelerated academic growth is possible for at-risk students. → Davison 2024

Evidence¶

Davison 2024¶

Davison, M., Postell, S., Isaacs, J., & Hashim, A. K. (2024). High dosage tutoring for academically at-risk students. Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/high-dosage-tutoring-for-academically-at-risk-students/

q2 · i? · review · r?

The brief's own synthesis statement, reviewing the collection of research on high dosage tutoring. It asserts that "accelerated academic growth is possible" under effective, properly scaled implementation; no effect size or study-level statistics are printed in the available text.

"If implemented effectively and at the proper scale, accelerated academic growth is possible."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Time and Continuity — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

• The share of academically at-risk students increased after the pandemic, requiring a response of matching magnitude — related
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• High-dosage tutoring is positively associated with charter school achievement impacts — a broader claim this one bears on
• Assignment to BookNook tutoring produces a small but statistically significant increase in reading growth on the NWEA MAP for grade 1-4 students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Students receiving the recommended BookNook dosage of 20 or more sessions show markedly stronger reading gains (ES = +0.26) than the overall assigned sample — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Virtual 1:1 and 2:1 high-dosage tutoring improved K-2 students' early literacy performance on DIBELS relative to business-as-usual control — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Education Corps high-dosage literacy tutoring raises end-of-year DIBELS Composite scores more than business-as-usual supports for below-benchmark K-3 students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Among students who started the year most at risk for reading difficulties, none of the three implementation features (timing, frequency, tutor qualifications) was associated with end-of-year literacy progress — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The STIR partnership anticipates that schools will report more students at or above early literacy benchmarks relative to prior years — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Bundling multiple interventions is associated with relatively strong effects on developmental students' outcomes — related
• High-dosage tutoring directly tied to classroom content can substantially accelerate learning in math and reading for the most struggling students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• High-quality tutoring produces large learning gains cost-effectively, in person and virtually — a broader claim this one bears on
• At the median cutoff, proactive and reactive tutoring show no significant difference in MAP growth, with proactive benefits increasing for students farther below the cutoff — a narrower finding that bears on this claim