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TN SCORE

The Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), a two-time Accelerate grantee, will partner with Knox County Schools to integrate instructionally coherent high-dosage tutoring (HDT) models into their overall strategy for early grades literacy intervention. The project will leverage a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact of HDT on students typically identified as Tier II or Tier III based on their performance on aimswebPLUS. The study will address the variance between these settings and answer questions about the impact of HDT on student outcomes. Four schools will be selected for support and analysis, representing at least 500 students. SCORE believes in the power of HDT to support student learning and is honored to use the Accelerate funds to support Knox County Schools' efforts to integrate HDT into their intervention strategy, taking advantage of the district's longstanding practices in assigning students to HDT, Tier II, or Tier III interventions based on their aimswebPLUS performance.

2023

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Trustees of Boston University

Trustees of Boston University will partner with the Boston University Wheelock College of Education to deliver a high-dosage tutoring model using Enhanced Core Reading Instruction (ECRI), an evidence-based reading program grounded in the science of reading and aligned with Boston Public School’s core reading program. Each day, paraprofessionals will complete 1-2 ECRI lessons, tailoring lesson pacing to students’ individual needs. During the 2023-24 school year, they aim to serve 500 students in grades 3-6. A research evaluation of the ECRI High-Dosage Tutoring model would allow the Trustees of Boston University to ensure the effectiveness of the tutoring model in a new context and enable them to further adapt the model as needed to better meet the needs of partner school districts.

2022

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Tutor Teens

Tutor Teens is a student-launched, community-driven, free, virtual tutoring service that matches tutors in grades 8-12 with students in grades K-12. Founded in March 2020 in response to the pandemic, Tutor Teens has since recruited 200 volunteers and has provided more than 3,400 hours of free tutoring to 270 students. A majority of parents surveyed reported grade improvements and students had increased student confidence to do their schoolwork. With support from Accelerate, Tutor Teens will refine and expand its tutoring model, partnering with four high schools to recruit tutors who will provide approximately 3,000 hours of tutoring in the coming year.

2023
2025

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Tutored by Teachers

Tutored by Teachers

Tutored by Teachers is a mission driven organization working to close the opportunity gap by serving high-need students with personalized virtual instruction delivered by highly-qualified teachers. Our research-backed model is recognized by Stanford University's National Student Support Accelerator and consistently drives statistically significant student outcomes at scale.

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University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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University of Chicago Education Lab

University of Chicago Education Lab

2025

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States Leading Recovery

University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning

University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning

A grant to the Lastinger Center will advance tutoring policy by helping operationalize the Florida Tutoring Advantage (FTA) with renewed statewide implementation and partners. This funding would enable the Center to launch a statewide tutoring program that integrates data-driven practices, outcomes-based contracting, MTSS alignment, and partnerships with vetted tutoring providers, putting in place a cohesive approach to implementation and decision-making to ensure sustained success across districts.

2025

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University of Utah

The University of Utah (the U) is a leading public research university driving innovation through the responsible advancement of artificial intelligence in research, education, and societal impact. The College of Education at the U fosters interdisciplinary collaboration to design, develop, and deploy AI solutions ethically and effectively, with a focus on advancing teaching and learning and preparing the next-generation workforce.

2023

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Values to Action

Values to Action

Values to Action is a non-profit organization implementing evidence-based strategies for reducing disparities in academic success and health. They will utilize Funnix, a computer-based program in which a teaching assistant, parent, or volunteer leads a child through activities directed by the narrator in the program. Values to Action, in conjunction with Oregon Research Institute, will conduct an evaluation of their intervention model through a randomized control trial with 600 kindergarteners struggling to read.

2025

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Call for Effective Technology

Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors is the leading AI-enhanced tutoring and intervention platform, trusted by more than 1,000 school districts nationwide.

Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors is the leading AI-enhanced tutoring and intervention platform, trusted by more than 1,000 school districts nationwide. Its Live + AI™ platform combines high-dosage tutoring with AI-powered tools for personalized instruction, teacher efficiency, family engagement, and real-time progress tracking to accelerate learning and close achievement gaps.

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Walton Family Foundation

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WestEd

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Youth Policy Lab

2023

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Zearn

Zearn

Zearn is the nonprofit educational organization behind the highly-rated math learning platform Zearn Math. Zearn has been adopted by state education agencies and large urban districts nationwide to help support students’ math learning through core math instruction, high-impact tutoring, summer learning and intervention time. In Tennessee, Zearn Math was selected through a competitive process to provide math learning content and real-time progress monitoring for districts participating in TN ALL Corps, a nationally recognized tutoring model endorsed by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.

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