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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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Effects of first-grade number knowledge tutoring with contrasting forms of practice . (2013). Fuchs, L. S., Geary, D. C., Compton, D. L., Fuchs, D., Schatschneider, C., Hamlett, C. L., DeSelms, J., Seethaler, P. M., Wilson, J., Craddock, C. F., Bryant, J. D., Luther, K., & Changas, P.

Live webcam coaching to help early elementary classroom teachers provide effective literacy instruction for struggling readers: The Targeted Reading Intervention. (2013). Vernon-Feagans, L., Kainz, K., Hedrick, A., Ginsberg, M., & Amendum, S.

Every Child Counts: Testing policy effectiveness using a randomised controlled trial, designed, conducted and reported to CONSORT standards. (2013). Torgerson, C. J., Wiggins, A., Torgerson, D., Ainsworth, H., & Hewitt, C.

Evaluating math recovery: Assessing the causal impact of a diagnostic tutoring program on student achievement. (2013). Smith, T. M., Cobb, P., Farran, D. C., Cordray, D. S., & Munter, C.

Efficacy of the Leveled Literacyeracy Intervention System for K–2 urban students: An empirical evaluation of LLI in Denver Public Schools. Memphis, TN. (2013). Ransford-Kaldon, C. R., Ross, C. L., Lee, C. C., Sutton Flynt, E., Franceschini, L. A., & Zoblotsky, T. A.

Replicating the impact of a supplemental beginning reading intervention: The role of instructional context. (2013). Coyne, M. D., Literacytle, M., Rawlinson, D., Simmons, D., Kwok, O., Kim, M., Simmons, L., Hagan-Burke, S., & Civetelli, C.

Involving parents in paired reading with preschoolers: Results from a randomized controlled trial. (2013). Lam, S. F., Chow-Yeung, K., Wong, B. P., Lau, K. K., & Tse, S. I.

The Gender Effects of a Foster Parent-Delivered Tutoring Program on Foster Children’s Academic Skills and Mental Health: A Randomized Field Trial. (2013). Marquis, R.

Efficacy of a first‐grade responsiveness‐to‐intervention prevention model for struggling readers. (2013). Gilbert, J. K., Compton, D. L., Fuchs, D., Fuchs, L. S., Bouton, B., Barquero, L. A., & Cho, E.

Effects of the Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies (HELPS) reading fluency program with Latino English language learners: A preliminary evaluation. (2012). Begeny, J. C., Ross, S. G., Greene, D. J., Mitchell, R. C., & Whitehouse, M. H.

Early numeracy intervention for low‐performing kindergartners. (2012). Toll, S., & Van Luit, J.

Generative strategies, working memory, and word problem solving accuracy in children at risk for math disabilities. (2012). Swanson, H. L., Moran, A. S., Bocian, K., Lussier, C., & Zheng, X.

Building kindergartners' number sense: A randomized controlled study. (2012). Jordan, N. C., Glutting, J., Dyson, N., Hassinger‐Das, B., & Irwin, C.

The effects of a volunteer mentoring programme on reading outcomes among eight- to nine-year-old children: A follow up randomized controlled trial. (2012). Miller, S., Connolly, P., & Maguire, L. K.

The Effect of the Experience Corps® Program on Student Reading Outcomes. (2012). Lee, Y. S., Morrow-Howell, N., Jonson-Reid, M., & McCrary, S.

Effects of teacher‐student ratio in response to intervention approaches. (2012). Schwartz, R. M., Schmitt, M. C., & Lose, M. K.

A study of the effectiveness of a small‐group intervention on the vocabulary and narrative development of at‐risk kindergarten children. (2012). Nielsen, D. C., & Friesen, L. D.

Reading Interventions With Varying Instructional Emphases for Fourth Graders With Reading Difficulties. (2012). Wanzek, J., & Roberts, G.

Effects of the HELPS reading fluency program when implemented by classroom teachers with low‐performing second‐grade students. (2011). Begeny, J. C., Mitchell, R. C., Whitehouse, M. H., Harris Samuels, F., & Stage, S. A.

Urban African American youth exposed to community violence: A school‐based anxiety preventive intervention efficacy study. (2011). Cooley‐Strickland, M. R., Griffin, R. S., Darney, D., Otte, K., & Ko, J.

A randomized controlled trial of a response‐to‐intervention (RTI) Tier 2 literacy program: Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI). (2011). Ransford‐Kaldon, C., Flynt, E. S., & Ross, C.

Pearson Words Their Way: Word study in action: Intervention efficacy study final report . (2011). Eddy, R. M., Ruitman, H. T., Hankel, N., Matelski, M. H., & Schmalstig, M.

Efficacy of Supplemental Phonics-Based Instruction for Low-Skilled First Graders: How Language Minority Status and Pretest Characteristics Moderate Treatment Response. (2011). Vadasy, P. F., & Sanders, E. A.

Every Child Counts: The independent evaluation. (2011). Torgerson, C. J., Wiggins, A., Torgerson, D. J., Ainsworth, H., Barmby, P., Hewitt, C., & Tymms, P.

The effectiveness of a technologically facilitated classroom-based early reading intervention. (2011). Amendum, S. J., Vernon-Feagans, L., & Ginsberg, M. C.

Effects of a randomised reading intervention study: An application of structural equation modelling. (2011). Wolff, U.

Effects of supplemental reading interventions in authentic contexts: A comparison of kindergarteners’ response . (2011). Simmons, D. C., Coyne, M. D., Hagan-Burke, S., Kwok, O.-M., Simmons, L., Johnson, C., Zou, Y., Taylor, A. B., Mcalenney, A. L., Ruby, M., & Crevecoeur, Y. C.

Play therapy in elementary schools: A best practice for improving academic achievement Journal of Counseling & Development,. (2011). Blanco, P. J., & Ray, D. C.

Early numeracy intervention program for first-grade students with mathematics difficulties. (2011). Bryant, D. P., Bryant, B. R., Roberts, G., Vaughn, S., Pfannenstiel, K. H., Porterfield, J., & Gersten, R.

Effects of task training on kindergarten students' performance on early literacy measures . (2010). Mackiewicz, S. M.