URBANA — Illinois schools are signing up for a new state tutoring initiative to help the students who struggled most in remote school.
By this summer, the state plans to send tutors out three times a week to 48 school districts across Illinois. School districts in Danville, Decatur, Rantoul and Urbana are among those eligible for the program.
“High-impact tutoring is one of the only research-based interventions that has shown positive impact for both math and reading scores across multiple grade levels,” says Illinois Tutoring Initiative Director Christy Borders.
Borders is also an education professor at Illinois State University.
A few key characteristics define the type of tutoring the program will provide. The tutors get formal training, and they meet with the same students over time to develop trust. Students spend at least three sessions a week with the tutors, on content that aligns with their classes.
Tutoring programs that have these characteristics make the greatest difference, according to research from the National Student Support Accelerator at Brown University.
A few key characteristics define the type of tutoring the program will provide. The tutors get formal training, and they meet with the same students over time to develop trust. Students spend at least three sessions a week with the tutors, on content that aligns with their classes.
Tutoring programs that have these characteristics make the greatest difference, according to research from the National Student Support Accelerator at Brown University.
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