Tackling under-achievement: Why Australia should embed high-quality small-group tuition in schools

The ‘Matthew effect’ shows that missing a strong connection with their tutor and gain confidence.11 concepts or skills can impede the take-up of new skills.18 If there are Of course, the quality of small-group tuition will only be as good as the too many gaps in the foundation, the resulting structure may struggle to quality of the instruction provided in the sessions. [...] For example, Victoria’s Implementation Insights report highlights the ‘readiness’ of schools to deliver catch-up tuition as a key success factor, but it is not clear how many schools are currently ‘ready’.50 Understanding the capacity of individual schools to deliver high-quality catch-up tuition is key to identifying the size and nature of the implementation challenge and the steps governments ne. [...] Five years will give sufficient time for governments to test and refine the best small-group tuition approaches, and to improve guidelines and Schools need clear guidelines on what implementing small-group supports to schools to build their capacity to deliver. [...] Grattan Institute 2023 18 Tackling under-achievement: Why Australia should embed high-quality small-group tuition in schools Governments should conduct a review of schools’ capacity to Key issues to consider implement small-group tuition within a ‘response to intervention’ model, We identify five key issues for the review to consider based on our and identify which type of schools and areas need e. [...] The studies should seek to determine which literacy and numeracy programs in Australia, including structured sets of materials and 3.3 Invest in rigorous trials and evaluations to refine guidelines training, are best for small-group tuition.53 and supports for schools The studies should examine ways to ensure small-group tuition is High-quality small-group tuition can work, but there is still a lo.