How Can High Impact Tutoring Be Brought to Scale? Lessons From Major Programs (Table 12)

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 11:40 am Four Seasons Ballroom 4

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

High impact tutoring has emerged as one of the most effective strategies for accelerating student learning rapidly. In a recent meta-analysis of 96 randomized controlled trials, researchers reported a pooled effect of 0.37 SD on academic achievement from high impact tutoring programs. Despite this considerable potential, there are financial, logistical, and staffing barriers to bringing high impact tutoring to scale. In this symposium, leaders of four major high impact tutoring programs (i.e., SAGA, the Transformative Tutoring Initiative, Oklahoma Math Corps, the National Student Support Accelerator for Learning) describe barriers to scaling high impact tutoring in their specific programs, strategies for overcoming barriers, and results of their respective programs. Presenters also consider future initiatives to bring high impact tutoring to scale.

Sub Unit

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 9: Policy Implementation and Going to Scale

Chair

• Daniel Hamlin, University of Oklahoma

Papers

• The Transformative Tutoring Initiative – A University-led Regional Model of High Impact Tutoring - Stacy Reeder, University of Oklahoma; Cristina Moershel, University of Oklahoma

• Saga Education – A Non-Profit Model for National Expansion of High Impact Tutoring - Alan Safran, Saga Education; Tom Fischaber, Saga Education

• Stanford’s National Student Support Accelerator – A University-based Model for Advancing High Impact Tutoring Nationwide - Amanda Lu, Georgetown Public Policy Institute

• Oklahoma Math Tutoring Corps – A State-level Virtual Model of High Impact Tutoring - Anthony Purcell, Oklahoma State Department of Education