Targeted tutoring can reduce 'achievement gap' for CPS students, study finds
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 15:30
in Mathematics & Economics
High school students who were at risk for dropping out greatly improved their math test scores and school attendance with the help of intensive tutoring and mentoring, according to a new study by the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab. The program's benefits were equivalent to closing nearly two-thirds of the average gap in math test scores between white and black students, or the equivalent of what the average American high school student learns in math over three years.