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High-impact tutoring research
We invented high-impact tutoring as a core component of a school day, so that students can go deeper, teachers can move faster, and families can dream bigger. Several rigorous high-impact tutoring research evaluations found that students who received individualized math tutoring through Saga scored higher on exams, earned better grades, and were more likely to pass high school classes.
Saga meets national Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) evidence-based standards and is approved for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) or other Federal (Title) funds.
Saga Tutoring Evidence Overview in Results For America’s Economic Mobility Catalog
Read Saga Education’s profile on the Economic Mobility Catalog from Results For America. The catalog is a resource that helps local leaders identify and implement evidence-based strategies to improve economic mobility for their residents.
Comparing the Long-Term Impacts of Different Child Well-Being Improvements
Improving math scores raises earnings at age 30 for children of all races and ethnicities by roughly the same amount in percentage terms in each life stage, with Hispanic children consistently seeing the largest gains.
Building a Sustainable Model for High-Impact Tutoring: Insights from New Mexico
High-impact live-online math tutoring has proven to significantly boost student performance in New Mexico when schools follow best practices and leverage strategic partnerships for curriculum and tutor training.
Study Shows Live-Online High-Impact Tutoring Increased NYC Public High School Students’ GPAs and Boosted Math Exam Pass Rates
Saga Education’s live-online high-impact tutoring model significantly increased NYC high school students’ math GPAs and Regents exam pass rates according to a study by MDRC. By blending remote live tutoring with computer-assisted learning, this cost-effective program offers a proven path to accelerate student learning and build long-term math proficiency.
Saga Math Tutoring Earns “Top Tier” Evidence Rating
Social Programs That Work released an updated evidence summary affirming the high effectiveness of Saga Education’s in-school math tutoring models. Based on three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in low-income high schools across Chicago and New York City, the findings validate Saga’s impact on 9th and 10th grade students.
The Impact of Virtual High Dosage Tutoring in New Mexico
Since 2022, NMPED has been working with Saga Education and the Personalized Learning Initiative to stand up virtually delivered high dosage tutoring for middle school math across the state and study its impacts on student learning. This brief summarizes the findings for school year 2023-24.