Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Guryan, Jonathan; Ludwig, Jens; Bhatt, Monica P.; Cook, Philip J.; Davis, Jonathan M. V.; Dodge, Kenneth; Farkas, George; Fryer Jr, Roland G.; Mayer, Susan; Pollack, Harold; Steinberg, Laurence; Stoddard, Greg
• 署名单位: Northwestern University; University of Chicago; University of Chicago; Duke University; University of Oregon; University of California System; University of California Irvine; Harvard University; University of Chicago; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20210434
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 738-765
• 关键词: student-achievement; teachers; school; impacts; TECHNOLOGY; education; selection; tracking; PROGRAMS

摘要

Improving academic outcomes for economically disadvantaged students has proven challenging, particularly for children at older ages. We present two large-scale randomized controlled trials of a high-dosage tutoring program delivered to secondary school stu-dents in Chicago. One innovation is to use paraprofessional tutors to hold down cost, thereby increasing scalability. Participating in math tutoring increases math test scores by 0.18 to 0.40 standard devia-tions and increases math and nonmath course grades. These effects persist into future years. The data are consistent with increased personalization of instruction as a mechanism. The benefit-cost ratio is comparable to many successful early childhood programs.