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Board hears proposal for five‑week virtual tutoring pilot to boost third‑grade I‑Read scores
Summary
District staff introduced a limited five‑week, high‑dosage virtual tutoring pilot from Paper to support third graders who failed the I‑Read; trustees approved Title I funding in principle but raised concerns about cost, contract terms and replacing in‑person tutors.
Dr. Bouet introduced a recommendation at the April 1 work session for a targeted high‑dosage tutoring pilot aimed at improving third‑grade I‑Read outcomes and yielded the floor to Mr. Lewis of Paper for a brief program presentation.
Paper representative Mr. Lewis said the program uses live, videobased tutoring ("this is live this is not AI this is not pre‑recorded videos these are ... real live instruction") in small groups (one tutor to three students) to focus on the I‑Read 3 foundational reading skills. He described a five‑week pilot (three 30‑minute sessions per week, 15 sessions total) timed to prepare students for an I‑Read retest on May 11, with pre‑ and post‑assessments and short exit tickets after each lesson to track mastery.
The proposal identifies 40–50 students across the district’s four elementary schools (the plan presented…
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