A portfolio of eight math tutoring programs showed positive and meaningful average effects on student math knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs¶

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q3 i? The eight tutoring programs evaluated in the Middle Years Math project had positive and meaningful average effects on student knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs about math. → Conroy 2023

Evidence¶

Conroy 2023¶

Conroy, K., Place, K., Chojnacki, G., & Gothro, A. (2023). Selecting and Supporting Math Tutoring Programs: Recommendations for School Districts. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/selecting-and-supporting-math-tutoring-programs-recommendations-for-school-districts

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Summary of the Middle Years Math project's evaluations of eight tutoring programs conducted in the 2021-2022 school year. The brief reports that "The average effects of these tutoring programs were positive and meaningful" across knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs outcomes. No effect sizes are printed in this brief.

"The project examined a portfolio of eight tutoring programs and their effects on student knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs about math. The average effects of these tutoring programs were positive and meaningful"

Discussion¶

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