EDUCATION AND TUTORING NEWS

Which academic recovery interventions are working to boost student achievement post-COVID?

Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics

Scores of the Virginia Standards of Learning tests recently were released, and the results were, well, dreadful. When nearly every news report includes the verb “plummet,” you know things are bad.

Kristen Amundson explains the importance of individualized instruction for academic recovery and highlights EduTutorVA as a group already working to meet the needs of underserved students.

Disastrous test scores increasingly show how steep a toll the COVID-19 era exacted on students, particularly minorities. Schools are grappling with how to catch up, and the experience of one city shows how intractable the obstacles are.

What we know about tutoring research, how many schools are providing tutoring and how it’s going so far

Ms. Fortner will lead the nonprofit tutoring organization into its second year and help grow the programs in the three school divisions the group currently serves.

J-PAL North America, a research center focused on reducing poverty, recently released a meta-analysis of close to 100 studies of tutoring in literacy and mathematics and found that tutoring programs consistently produced large improvements in learning outcomes for students — with effects that eclipse those of most other educational programs.

Building a strong “tutoring infrastructure” — curricula, coaching, scheduling — can expand the pool of possible tutors, says the Brown U. professor.

New administrations always take some time to figure out how Richmond operates. But when it comes to education — a key part of the new governor’s agenda — it’s clear the learning curve is going to be steeper. A lot steeper.

Created in May of 2020, EduTutorVA has progressed quickly as a resource for students who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.

Pandemic related learning loss has put the majority of students behind, particularly students of color and low income students, creating concerns about a “lost generation” of students. Tutoring is one of the few proven remedies to address the growing learning gap.