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Requires an accelerated learning committee to develop an IEP for every student who does not pass pass the STAAR test in grade 3, 5, or 8 in math or reading. Also, requires the assignment of a certified master, exemplary, or recognized teacher or participation in tutoring for any student who does not pass the STAAR test in grades 3–8 or STAAR (EOC) end-of-course assessments. Requirements are to begin in fall 2021 based on spring 2021 test results.

Tutoring must:

Creates TN Accelerating Literacy and Learning Corps, a matching grant opportunity to empower districts to implement or strengthen tutoring supports for students in low ratios and at a high dosage, with TN ALL Corps tutoring occurring for small groups of students in 30–45-minute sessions, two to three times per week. For every student tutored, the department will provide $700 per student per year, while a district contributes $800 per year per student. This amount covers at least 15% of district students in 1st – 8th grades in year one.

Partners with local schools to recruit, educate, and activate corps members to support students and accelerate learning through tutoring in NC's neediest districts. Corps members are paid a living wage by schools to work part-time as high-impact K-3 literacy tutors grounded in the science of reading and reading instruction. Corps members and school administrators benefit from a common recruitment and application process, training, and ongoing support provided by NCEC.

Provides $30,000,000 for high-impact tutoring statewide.

Revises the Read to Achieve Program in many ways, one of which is including tutoring as part of the definition of literacy interventions.

Provides literacy-based high-dosage tutoring to accelerate reading achievement for K-5 students in Mississippi using college students funded through Americorps. The 2021 pilot program served 1,000 students in grades K-5 in literacy with a focus on relationship-development using GEER funds.

Requires many efforts to combat COVID-19 impact on education including funding for community partnerships to provide tutoring during the summer of 2021.

Requires the original K-3 requirement of Transitional Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Learners program to add additional components: 1) funding for one-on-one and small-group instruction for students who are not, or are not on track to, reading at grade level by grade 3; 2) funding for students who are not proficient in math (with priority to reading) and 3) extend services to grades 4 - 12.

Creates two statewide tutoring initiatives targeting PK-12 students who are in districts or communities with limited capacity or resources to deliver high-quality tutoring programs. The Illinois Tutoring Initiative provides high-impact tutoring to districts statewide through Illinois public Universities and Community Colleges. The district-led high-impact tutoring program provides grants to districts interested in creating and operating their own high-impact tutoring program.

Requires school districts to (1) adopt high quality and consistent instruction materials (2) provide school leaders and teachers professional learning to provide Tier 1 education to students and address student learning needs (3) create balanced assessment system and provide data on learning loss, and (4) reexamine and create support structures to accelerate student learning (ex. high dosage tutoring).

Creates the Colorado high-impact tutoring program to provide grant funding to local education providers including school districts and charter schools and others, to create high-impact tutoring programs to address student learning loss and unfinished learning due to the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado.

Funded through private philanthropy (Gary Community Ventures), provides trained and supervised tutors to work in CO schools in elementary literacy and middle grades math.

Includes funding for the California for All College Corps which provides undergraduate students at 46 colleges and universities across California the opportunity to earn $10,000 for committing to one year of service focused on three key issue areas for the state: K-12 education (tutoring and mentoring), climate action and food insecurity. Plans are for 3,250 students to be deployed in the 2022-23 school year with approximately 50% being tutors or mentors.

https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/californiansforall-college-corps/

Creates the California Leadership, Excellence, Academic, Diversity, and Service-Learning (LEADS) Tutoring Program to provide both in-person and online tutoring to rectify learning loss. Each county office of education will implement the tutoring program in their area. Once the list of participating school districts is announced (on or before June 1, 2022), the bill makes all public K-12 school students in districts that meet criteria eligible to participate in supplemental individualized learning assistance.

Establishes a statewide Arkansas Tutoring Corps (with a focus on rural areas), to address interrupted learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stipulations include:
 - Should address the immediate emergency as well as lay the groundwork for a long-term, sustainable strategy
 - Tutors must be qualified (as defined by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education), trained and provided ongoing support
 - Developed for K-6th grade math and reading
 - Tutoring curriculum must be aligned with state standards

The U.S. Department of Education’s ED COVID-19 Handbook highlights tutoring as a key strategy for supporting student academic needs and for addressing the impact of lost instructional time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds from the American Rescue Plan can be used to implement high-quality tutoring.

In this 90-minute REL West webinar, presenters will discuss tutoring as a way to address opportunity gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. They will share about evidence-based tools developed by Brown University’s National Student Support Accelerator that facilitate district planning, launch, and continuous improvement of effective tutoring programs.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (September 13, 2021) —The National Student Support Accelerator is excited to share our new tool that makes it easier for tutoring programs to improve their quality and for districts selecting tutoring providers to better understand their provider options:

The Tutoring Quality Improvement System (TQIS)

The TQIS, developed in partnership with Bellwether Consulting, provides developing or operating tutoring program with:

Many education leaders are turning to high-impact tutoring to accelerate student learning and compensate for interrupted instruction due to COVID-19. As federal, state, and local tutoring policies and practices develop, understanding the key barriers and challenges that have the potential to limit program reach and hinder efficacy and then developing targeted approaches to overcoming these barriers can improve the likelihood of success and the ultimate benefits for students.

Susanna Loeb from the National Student Support Accelerator shares research, best practices, and resources educators can use when implementing high-impact tutoring at their LEAs.

“The type of tutoring with evidence is intensive tutoring with a consistent tutor who comes with an understanding of the students needs — based on data from direct assessments or from the school or teacher — and with curricular materials for addressing these needs,” Susanna Loeb, the director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, said in an email.

Tutoring using the Orton Gillingham method to help improve student's reading and spelling skills.