High Impact Tutoring Preserving Instructional and Relational Continuity
Tier 2 tutoring, without the consistency tradeoffs.
“I know I can learn now, and I actually try. It was worth giving up my spring break, and I would do it again.”
9th Grade GROW Student, VUSD | California
Real instructional exchange based on actual classroom learning.
At its best, high impact tutoring (HIT) reinforces classroom instruction through consistent tutors and content aligned to what students are learning in class
High Impact Tutoring (HIT) is:
Live, virtual small-group cohort sessions
typically delivered 3x per week, 90 minutes per week, in 8–12 week cycles
with the same tutor each session
using curated content aligned to district pacing
measured by benchmark data and granular progress monitoring
usually happening in class during the school day, but can run afters school or intersession
Where Tier 2 targeted support typically breaks down:
Instructional Continuity
Supports are not anchored to what students are actually learning in class, so instruction runs parallel to—rather than reinforcing—classroom learning.
Relational Continuity Students rotate between adults, or the same staff are stretched too thin to stay consistent, making it hard to sustain trust, momentum, or accountability.
Even strong in-person, in-house tutoring programs get harder to maintain with consistency when expanding:
GROW High-Impact Tutoring Preserves Continuity at Scale
Most targeted support breaks down because systems are forced to trade instructional and relational continuity for scale—GROW is intentionally designed to avoid that compromise.
What makes GROW fundamentally different from other Tier 2 programs:
TUTOR & CURRICULUM CONTINUITY
When tutors change or instruction isn’t aligned to the classroom, students don’t build momentum, they start over.
GROWuses a dedicated tutor workforce, not independent contractors. That means we can schedule and train our tutors because to Paper, HIT is not gig work.
LOGISTIC & OPERATIONAL OWNERSHIP
When no one truly owns tutor scheduling, tutor session content, or student progress monitoring, consistency is the first thing to slip. And over time, consistency gives way to what’s urgent.
Paper handles the program design, before and after outcome data, tutor logistics, and curates session content based on district pacing and standards to reinforce classroom learning. We can even launch with you in person on day 1.
UNCOMPROMISED SCALE & EXPANSION
Sustaining a program is hard enough—expanding it across grades, schools, and students is where it breaks. What doesn’t hold at scale doesn’t deliver impact.
GROW works access grades and subjects. We use our tutor workforce and on-staff program designers to expand programs to seamlessly meet district needs as goals change, including bilingual tutors for EL support.
TIER 2 / TARGETED SUPPORT FIDELITY
Most tutoring labeled as Tier 2 operates more like Tier 1—general support without sustained intensity. Meaningful Tier 2 impact requires a higher level of consistency, structure, and intent.
Granular progress monitoring in the form of formative assessments happen each session so we can adjust dynamically and measure outcomes with fidelity.
MEASURABLE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES
If you’re not using assessments and tracking progress at a granular level, you’re relying on perception, not evidence. What matters is whether students are measurably moving forward—and how you respond when they’re not.
Paper captures before and after data including external assessment or benchmark data as a signal of accountability of impact.
What happens when continuity stays intact and partners stay accountable.
GROW SUCCESS STORY
How one district closed math gaps with GROW in 12 weeks
Visalia Unified School District paired 5th-grade math students who were 1+ grade levels behind with a trained GROW tutor in a 3:1 group setting. After a 12-week program:
38% of students moved up one or more grade level
15% of students advanced from below grade level into the expected range
78% of students reported feeling confident in solving math problems independently and tackling new topics
How GROW helped 4th graders boost ELA proficiency by 350%
Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144 tapped the GROW program to provide targeted ELA support for 4th and 5th graders who had fallen behind. After a 12-week session:
350% increase in grade-level proficiency among 4th graders
130% increase in students at/near grade level among 5th graders
84% of students reported feeling prepared for new topics
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