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This tool allows education practitioners and researchers to quickly access quantitative research on tutoring program effectiveness. These 200+ research studies were selected due to their rigorous research designs which align with What Works Clearinghouse and Every Student Succeeds Act standards for moderate and strong evidence of intervention efficacy. Many studies were originally identified by their inclusion in recent meta-analyses (Baye et al., 2018; Neitzel et al., 2021; Nickow et al., 2020). Research may be sorted by grade level, subject, and tutor type in order to explore the evidence base for particular program designs. This database does not include qualitative research on best practices for tutoring implementation, for which we recommend exploring our District Playbook and Toolkit for Tutoring Programs.

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The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During
COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project. (2024). Carbonari, M. V., Davison, M., DeArmond, M., Dewey, D., Dizon-Ross, E., Goldhaber, D., ... & Staiger, D. O.. Sage Journals

A multilevel meta-analysis of synchronous paired oral reading techniques in elementary classrooms. (2024). Downs, J., & Mohr, K. A. (2025). A multilevel meta-analysis of synchronous paired oral reading techniques in elementary classrooms. Literacy Research and Instruction, 64(1), 84-111.
. Taylor & Francis Online

The Effects of Virtual Tutoring on Young Readers: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. (2024). Robinson, C. D., Pollard, C., Novicoff, S., White, S., & Loeb, S.. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Literacy Teachers in the Making: A Look at Teacher Candidates’ Experiences as they Tutor Elementary Students. (2024). Carter, H., & Abbott, J.. Taylor & Francis Online

On the role of politeness in online human–human tutoring. (2024). Lin, J., Raković, M., Li, Y., Xie, H., Lang, D., Gašević, D. Wiley

What Impacts Should We Expect from
Tutoring at Scale? Exploring Meta-Analytic
Generalizability. (2024). Matthew A. Kraft, Beth E. Schueler, Grace Falken. EdWorkingPapers.com

Answering the Call: How Changes to the Salience of Job Characteristics Affects College Students' Decisions. (2024). Robinson, C. D., Meyer, K., Bailey-Fakhoury, C., Zandieh, A., & Loeb, S.

Testimonios of community: empowering Latinx and Portuguese youth in a Toronto-based academic program. (2024). Arraiz Matute, A. Taylor & Francis Online

Robotics Education through Cross-Age Peer Tutoring: Evaluating the Learning Outcomes for Tutors and Tutees. (2024). Anastasiou, V., Diakou, Y. H., & Angeli, C. ERIC

Online tutoring works: Experimental evidence from a program withvulnerable children. (2024). Lucas Gortazar, Claudia Hupkau, Antonio Roldán-Monés. Research Gate

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tutor-and Computer-Delivered Inferential Comprehension Interventions for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties. (2024). Barnes, M. A., Clemens, N. H., Simmons, D., Hall, C., Fogarty, M., Martinez-Lincoln, A., ... & Roberts, G.. Taylor & Francis Online

The effect of student-tutor ratios: Experimental evidence from a pilot online math tutoring program. (2024). Kraft, Matthew A., and V. S. Lovison. . Research Gate

Improving Student Learning with Hybrid Human-AI Tutoring: A Three-Study Quasi-Experimental Investigation. (2024). Thomas, D. R., Lin, J., Gatz, E., Gurung, A., Gupta, S., Norberg, K., & Koedinger, K. R. ACM

Students Helping Students: Implementation of Elementary Math Facts Fluency Interventions by High Schoolers. (2024). Powell, S. L., Rist, K., Stein, B. N., Banks, E., Villanueva, S., Alwadi, B., ... & Patel, M.. Springer Nature Link

The effects of in-school virtual tutoring on student reading development: Evidence from a short-cycle randomized controlled trial. (2024). Ready, D. D., McCormick, S. G., & Shmoys, R. J.. EdWorkingPapers.com

Family involvement in elementary reading intervention: Compensatory relations to dosage and tutor-level heterogeneity. (2024). Finseraas, H., Nyhus, O. H., Salvanes, K. V., & Sandsør, A. M. J.. EconStor

The effects of a university-led high impact tutoring model on low-achieving high school students: A three-year randomized controlled trial. (2024). Hamlin, Peltier. Research Gate

Supplemental intervention for third-grade English learners with significant problem-solving challenges. (2024). Orosco, M. J., & Reed, D. K.. Sage Journals

Can technology facilitate scale? Evidence from a randomized evaluation of high dosage tutoring. (2024). Bhatt, M. P., Guryan, J., Khan, S. A., LaForest-Tucker, M., & Mishra, B.

The effect of tutoring primary school pupils by university students on STEM interest: a pre-registered randomised controlled trial. (2024). Cramer, J., Yazilitas, D., Bruynzeel, A., Romp, S., Smeets, I., & De Bruyckere, P. . Cogent Education

Answering the call: How changes to the salience of job characteristics affects college students’ decisions. (2024). Robinson, C.D., Meyer, K., Bailey-Fakhoury, C., Zandieh, A., & Loeb, S.

Preventing special education assignment for students with learning or behavioral difficulties: A review of programs. (2023). Hingstman, M., Neitzel, A. J., & Slavin, R. E. . Taylor & Francis Online

Effects of a summer tutoring program on reading achievement in grades K-5. (2023). Strong, J. Z., & Anderson, B. E.. Taylor & Francis Online

A Systematic Review of Research on Tutoring Implementation: Considerations when Undertaking Complex Instructional Supports for Students. (2023). White, S. M., Groom-Thomas, L. J., & Loeb, S.. EdWorkingPapers.com

Does feedback on talk time increase student engagement? evidence from a randomized controlled trial on a math tutoring platform. (2023). Demszky, D., Wang, R., Geraghty, S., & Yu, C.. ACM

Helping struggling students and benefiting all: Peer effects in primary
education. (2023). Berlinski, S., Busso, M., & Giannola, M.. ELSEVIER

Not too late: Improving academic outcomes among adolescents . (2023). Guryan, J., Ludwig, J., Bhatt, M. P., Cook, P. J., Davis, J. M., Dodge, K., ... & Stoddard, G.

A Synthesis of Quantitative Research
on Programs for Struggling Readers
in Elementary Schools. (2022). Neitzel, A. J., Lake, C., Pellegrini, M., & Slavin, R. E. . Wiley International Literacy Association

Online Tutoring by College Volunteers:
Experimental Evidence from a Pilot Program. (2022). Kraft, List, Livingston, Sadoff. EdWorkingPapers.com

The Effect of a Morphological Awareness
Intervention on Early Writing Outcomes. (2022). Allen, A. A., & Lembke, E. S.. Sage Journals