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High-impact tutoring research
We invented high-impact tutoring as a core component of a school day, so that students can go deeper, teachers can move faster, and families can dream bigger. Several rigorous high-impact tutoring research evaluations found that students who received individualized math tutoring through Saga scored higher on exams, earned better grades, and were more likely to pass high school classes.
Saga meets national Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) evidence-based standards and is approved for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) or other Federal (Title) funds.
Can Technology Facilitate Scale? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of High Dosage Tutoring
Research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research and conducted by the University of Chicago reaffirms the impact of in-person tutoring on student learning. In a study of over 4,000 students, a high-dosage tutoring model alternating between in-person sessions and computer-assisted learning (CAL) showed substantial gains in math scores.
Human-tutor Coaching Technology (HTCT): Automated Discourse Analytics in a Coached Tutoring Model
This research paper discusses a new technology called human-tutor coaching technology (HTCT). HTCT looks at recordings of tutoring sessions and shows the information in a way that helps coaches give detailed advice to tutors. Researchers worked with Saga Education to test HTCT with coaches tutoring high school math in low-income areas.
Realizing the Promise of High Dosage Tutoring at Scale: Preliminary Evidence for the Field
This technical report from the University of Chicago Education Lab and MDRC outlines preliminary results from the Personalized Learning Initiative showing that high dosage tutoring can be scaled and can work – even when delivered in the aftermath of the pandemic and in diverse academic settings.
Accelerate Learning Now: Strategies for Sustaining High-Impact Tutoring Post-ESSER
This white paper provides a series of strategies for helping students recover from learning interruptions by sustaining high-impact tutoring programs after federal COVID-19 emergency funding expires later this year.
Leveraging the Federal Work-Study Program for P-12 Tutoring
This white paper examines Federal Work-Study (FWS) as a funding source for placing college students in P—12 student support roles such as tutoring, coaching, and mentoring as outlined by the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS).
New Research Shows High Dosage Tutoring is Highly Effective
The Education Lab conducted a study that demonstrates individualized, intensive (or “high-dosage”) tutoring can double or triple the amount of math high school students learn each year, increase student grades, and reduce math and non-math course failures.