Opinion: The Best Intervention Curriculum May Already Be in Your Classrooms

A study by Knox County Schools in Tennessee found that aligning intervention tutoring with classroom instructional materials improved literacy growth in struggling students. Students receiving aligned tutoring showed gains of 0.12 standard deviations, with those in the lower half of the group seeing 0.18 standard deviations in growth. Trained paraprofessionals delivering aligned interventions were as effective as licensed teachers, according to the research.