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With reading and math scores\u00a0plummeting during the pandemic<\/a>, educators and parents are now turning their attention to how kids can catch up. In the following Q&A,\u00a0Susanna Loeb<\/a>, an education economist at Brown University, shines a light on the best ways to use tutoring to help students get back on track.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. How much money is spent on tutoring in the US each year?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Billions of dollars are spent each year on tutoring in the U.S. This was true\u00a0even before the pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The private tutoring market \u2013 made up largely of\u00a0parents who can afford to hire tutors<\/a>\u00a0for their children \u2013 was\u00a0estimated at US$24.9 billion<\/a>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0many students struggling<\/a>\u00a0as a result of\u00a0disruptions from the pandemic<\/a>, spending on tutoring is\u00a0expected to grow<\/a>. Much of this growth will be driven by wealthy families who\u00a0hired tutors during the pandemic and plan to keep them<\/a>. This extra help is\u00a0likely to worsen the gaps<\/a>\u00a0in academic achievement between students from upper-middle-class families and those from families who are poor.<\/p>\n

School districts also invest in tutoring for their students. This means special sessions outside of their regular classes. Many districts, such as\u00a0Chicago Public Schools<\/a>\u00a0and those partnering with\u00a0Reading Corps<\/a>,\u00a0Experience Corps<\/a>\u00a0and others, provided tutoring before the pandemic. With new funding through the\u00a0Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund<\/a>, district investment in tutoring is also growing. Of the\u00a0nearly $200 billion<\/a>\u00a0in these emergency relief funds available, $22 billion must be spent to help kids catch up using interventions that are proved to work. High-impact tutoring qualifies as one of those interventions.<\/p>\n

2. What kind of difference does it make?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It depends, because not all of the approaches are effective.<\/p>\n

During the era of No Child Left Behind \u2013 the federal education law that sought to get\u00a0all children proficient in reading and math<\/a>\u00a0by the year 2014 \u2013 parents of children in failing schools could sign them up for tutoring outside of school\u00a0at the school district\u2019s expense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it didn\u2019t really work. Research shows that\u00a0only 23% of eligible students<\/a>\u00a0participated. And for those students, the average effect was\u00a0close to zero<\/a>. When the Elementary and Secondary Education Act replaced No Child Left Behind in 2015, it\u00a0did not require tutoring to be offered<\/a>\u00a0to students in failing schools, although schools can still spend on tutoring if they choose.<\/p>\n

Not all tutoring is effective. Research shows that for tutoring to be effective \u2013 or what I refer to as\u00a0high-impact tutoring<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 there are several critical elements.\u00a0They include<\/a>\u00a0small groups, meaning no more than three students. Tutoring also works best when it is\u00a0embedded in the school day<\/a>, such as during homeroom or as an elective, occurs with a consistent tutor and takes place for at least 30 minutes at least three days a week. And it involves using student assessment data so that the tutor knows where to focus instructional time.<\/p>\n

In fact, this type of small-group, relationship-based, data-informed, intensive tutoring embedded in the school day has been shown to have a\u00a0larger positive effect<\/a>\u00a0on student learning than any other academic intervention, such as reducing class sizes or sending teachers to professional development.\u00a0A large body of rigorous research<\/a>\u00a0shows that tutoring can help students who are behind catch up by as much as half a school year to a full school year.<\/p>\n

3. Does tutoring work online?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

New studies from\u00a0Spain<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Italy<\/a>\u00a0find that virtual tutoring can be effective. Like in-person tutoring, virtual tutoring connects students to a consistent tutor. They just meet online instead of in person.<\/p>\n

Potential for online tutoring broadens opportunities for students in rural districts. It does the same for those who need tutoring in subjects for which it is harder to find teachers, such as math.<\/p>\n

4. How can parents get free tutoring for their kids?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The most effective way for parents to get free tutoring for their children is through their school. Tutoring programs offered through their child\u2019s school offer a number of benefits for students, schools and parents. Students who attend tutoring as part of their regular school education either during or immediately before or after school are shown to have\u00a0higher attendance rates<\/a>, which leads to better outcomes, such as\u00a0stronger math and reading achievement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When tutoring is offered through the school, it enables the child\u2019s teacher and tutor to collaborate on ways to help the child progress.<\/p>\n

However, not all schools offer high-impact tutoring. Some states such as\u00a0Idaho<\/a>,\u00a0Indiana<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0New Hampshire<\/a>\u00a0offer grants to parents that can be spent on tutoring. But in those cases, the parent must register and transport their child to take advantage of this opportunity.<\/p>\n

Other states and districts offer opt-in tutoring or tutoring that is available at a convenient time, or homework help options. While there is value in this type of tutoring,\u00a0recent research<\/a>\u00a0shows that this type of tutoring \u2013 which is reliant on the student to ask for help \u2013 often does not reach those students most in need, and therefore likely will not show the same learning growth that high-impact tutoring does.<\/p>\n

If educators want to reap the benefits of tutoring, research shows it should be high-impact tutoring that is built into the schools over the long run. Anything else will be less effective.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Susanna Loeb is Director of the Annenberg Institute and Professor of Education at Brown University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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