Information Brief: RTI Scheduling Processes for Middle Schools

School days are packed, but leaders must prioritize specific tutoring times in order to truly accelerate learning. This brief from the National Center on Response to Intervention has helpful approaches to and questions for optimal scheduling. See page four to learn more about how other institutions have established daily intervention classes.  

EdWorkingPaper: A Blueprint for Scaling Tutoring Across Public Schools

Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core. Some tutoring models use recent college graduates who receive stipends and a recent paper from Brown University presents a scalable model where high school students tutor elementary students via an elective class, college students work in middle schools via federal work-study and college students are …

High-Dosage Tutoring: A Proven Strategy to Accelerate Student Learning Guide

Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education in Washington, DC created a guide detailing specific features and practical considerations for establishing and managing effective high-dosage tutoring programs. See page four for clear description of what high-dosage tutoring is and isn’t.   

Tutoring Program Model Dimensions Planning Tool

Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core. Keeping design principles in mind, these ten multiple-choice questions to design school tutoring programs’ model dimensions from the National Student Support Accelerator will guide leaders or practitioners to startup.

Accelerating Student Learning with High-Dosage Tutoring

Various strategies support learning acceleration, but implementing tutoring is at the core.  Brown University’s Annenberg Institute outlines approaches to and research for supporting accelerating Student Learning with High-Dosage Tutoring. See page two for a one-page guide to the ten design principles for effective tutoring.   

Using Data to Inform Instruction

Creating strategic data cycles from assessment data will support schools in optimal prioritization. Educators need diagnostic data to inform them of students’ mastery of grade-appropriate knowledge and skills. This interactive step-by-step data tool from Great Schools Partnership helps academic leaders and teachers harness data to inform instructional practices. 

7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment

Creating strategic data cycles from assessment data will support schools in optimal prioritization. Educators need diagnostic data to inform them of students’ mastery of grade-appropriate knowledge and skills.  Continual formative assessment will help teachers and schools assess progress towards grade level. This article from Edutopia outlines seven key formative assessment strategies that teachers can implement using templates …

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