Measure, Monitor, Improve: Data Tools for Understanding High-Dosage Tutoring Implementation
The High-Dosage Tutoring Data Toolkit is a collaboration between the national non-profit Accelerate, the Strategic Data Project, and representatives from state departments of education in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Louisiana, and Ohio, supported by Overdeck Family Foundation. The shared goal: Use data to expand access to effective tutoring in real schools, for real students.
The toolkit presents solutions to common challenges and provides a set of data collection strategies, tools, and best practices to bring effective high-dosage tutoring programs to as many students as possible.
Measure, Monitor, Improve
The narrative introduces the tools and case studies that came out of the high-dosage tutoring collaboration. Designed primarily for applied researchers, it will also help district leaders, tutoring vendors, academic researchers, and policymakers access consistent data on tutoring implementation, evaluate existing programs, and make informed decisions about funding and scaling effective programs.
Explore the Toolkit
Start with the executive summary, read the full narrative, or click through to access the tools.
Case Studies
Explore real state examples of tutoring data collection in action, leveraging the tools in the high-dosage tutoring toolkit.
Delaware
Learn how Delaware uncovered whether tutoring was taking place as scheduled using the data pillars outlined in the Data Dictionary.
Colorado
Learn how Colorado encouraged a culture of data sharing through the use of Data Dashboards accessible to multiple stakeholders.
Ohio
Learn how Ohio evaluated whether programs were being implemented with fidelity by leveraging the variables outlined in the Data Dictionary to support a more comprehensive analysis.
Arkansas
Learn how Arkansas used a standardized Data Collection Tool and process to verify the student information needed to link tutoring program data with demographic data.
Louisiana
Learn how Louisiana's experience collecting tutoring vendor data highlighted the need for a Data Collection Protocol.
For over a decade, the Strategic Data Project has partnered with education agencies to strengthen their capacity for using data effectively. This toolkit is another step in our mission to ensure that every program, including high-dosage tutoring, is informed by meaningful evidence and analysis.
In the News
Read the press release and explore news about the toolkit.
The Strategic Data Project shares Accelerate’s vision to put research-backed strategies into practice where it matters most: in schools and classrooms. This toolkit puts actionable resources directly in the hands of states to build effective tutoring at scale, and improve outcomes for more students.
Webinar: Inside the Toolkit
Hear directly from two of the state fellows and one nonprofit fellow who helped develop the toolkit.
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Thank you for engaging with the Measure, Monitor, Improve: Data Tools for Understanding High-Dosage Tutoring Implementation toolkit. Our goal is to equip education agencies, districts, and tutoring providers with actionable resources for monitoring, measuring, and continuously improving high-dosage tutoring efforts.
We want to hear your stories—big or small—about the toolkit’s impact and lessons learned in your context. By sharing how you are using (or plan to use) the toolkit, what’s working, and where you see opportunities for improvement, you help us build better resources for the entire field. Your insights directly shape future refinement and expansion of these tools and help us ensure every student benefits from high-quality, data-driven tutoring programs.
Since 2017, Overdeck Family Foundation has partnered with SDP to expand its grantees’ access to skilled researchers and data analysts, unlocking the power of data to inform strategic decision-making in service of advancing student learning.
In 2023, the Foundation supported Accelerate to hire an SDP fellow and five state education agencies to nominate existing staff as SDP Fellows, through Accelerate's States Leading Recovery initiative. In addition to the traditional SDP Fellowship, the working group collaborated to develop this high-dosage tutoring data toolkit.
This effort highlights not only the tangible impact of the toolkit itself, helping education leaders strengthen tutoring at scale, but also the value of investing in a cohort of Fellows working together towards a shared goal. By supporting both individual grantees and field-wide collaborations, funders like Overdeck Family Foundation can advance catalytic, innovative solutions to complex challenges and drive sector-wide learning.