A New Case Study by the Annenberg Institute: How New Jersey Turned Tutoring Research Into Scalable Impact
Friends:
Just a quick forward from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University.
They just published a case study the work of New Jersey Tutoring Corps (NJTC).
If you are receiving this, you may already be aware of the unique public/private partnership that created NJTC and their tireless work and advocacy for tutoring in the Garden Sate. Here is their website.
Here is the link to the report -
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Report and further information below:
Dear EdResearch for Action Network,
When the pandemic left thousands of students across New Jersey struggling to catch up in reading and math, the New Jersey Tutoring Corps (NJTC) didn’t rush to throw together just any program; instead, they turned first to the research evidence.
“Most of our scholars were far behind their national and state peers when they started working with us, and as a result, we knew that we needed a rich, research-based model on which to build our program.”
— Katherine Bassett, CEO, New Jersey Tutoring Corps
Our new case study, Grounded in Evidence, Built for Scale: The Design of the New Jersey Tutoring Corps, tells the story of how NJTC anchored its work in research and then charted a careful course through real-world implementation challenges, adapting without losing sight of the evidence that made the model so powerful.
Drawing directly from the EdResearch for Action brief Design Principles for Accelerating Student Learning with High-Impact Tutoring, NJTC designed every element around what research shows works, including: strong, sustained relationships between tutors and students; tutoring that’s frequent, data-driven, and connected to classroom learning; and careful oversight and training to keep quality high as the program grew.
Scaled across 25 school districts and 80 sites, participating students showed promising outcomes in both academic proficiency and confidence in their learning. For district, state, and nonprofit leaders, this case study offers a rare inside look at how to build a tutoring model that’s both research-aligned and practically sustainable.
Want to go deeper? Find relevant, emerging research from Annenberg’s EdWorkingPapers:
- The Impact of High-Impact Tutoring on Student Attendance: Evidence from a State Initiative (released October 2025)
- Read the paper summary here
In case you missed our latest EdResearch brief releases:
- Evidence-Based Approaches to Designing Effective Career and Technical Education Programs
- Making Learning Real: Design Principles and Evidence for Applied Learning in Schools
News:
EdWorkingPapers, an Annenberg EdExchange project, is hosting a webinar on two new research papers about declining student enrollment and achievement on Thursday, November 13th at 3:00 pm ET. Learn more and sign up here.
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