Woburn, Mass., June 22, 2022 – Students at Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) who participated in online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor, the most comprehensive virtual tutorial solution in K-12, showed accelerated growth rates relative to national norms in both math and reading at the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments. Students who participated in higher doses of FEV Tutor showed the greatest gains, exceeding national RIT growth norms, as well as the growth of non-participants and students who completed less than the recommended dose of tutoring.
In JCPS, an urban Kentucky school district that provides high-quality education to 96,000 students, RIT score growth was analyzed from winter to spring during the 2021–22 school year. Students who participated in the recommended doses of instruction with FEV Tutor showed 32% accelerated growth in both math and reading relative to national norms.
JCPS launched its partnership with FEV Tutor in December 2020 to connect students with tutor assistance when they need it. To date, FEV Tutor has provided more than 60,000 hours of live one-on-one instruction to 7,000 students in 116 schools in JCPS. The online tutoring sessions are available to students in grades 3–12 and focus on the core subjects of mathematics, English, science and social studies. Tutors are available on weekdays from 07:00 to 22:00, and students can schedule lessons or opt for 24/7 tuition with sessions on request. The service can also be obtained on weekends.
The FEV Tutor online tutorial platform enables JCPS students to communicate with a live tutor via the chat feature, as well as to share their screen or upload videos or documents. FEV’s lessons can be translated into several languages, giving English-speaking learners a tool to help with their schoolwork.
To accelerate student-learning with high-dose teaching, JCPS leaders have also prioritized the incorporation of the Annenberg Institute’s effective teaching design principles into their FEV Tutor foundation program design.
“I would recommend FEV Tutor because of the one-on-one live tutor present at each student,” said Nicole W. Adell, principal of Newburg Middle School. “Our students feel comfortable taking chances and working through problems because they know they have their own personal tutor with them if they have questions.”
About FEV Tutor
Based in Boston, FEV Tutor is the leading Level 2 ESSA research and evidence-based online tutor platform working nationally to bring about change in K-12 education. Its intervention programs are strategically designed in close collaboration with each partner school, district, charter school, and other organizations to accelerate learning for each student. FEV Tutor uses technology to deliver 1: 1 high-impact and transformative personalized learning paths through live, virtual tutoring sessions. For more information on FEV Tutor, visit the website or follow further Twitter.