High-Impact Tutoring

Julie Brenning, Senior Manager, Community Schools and Extended Learning Bureau
julie.brenning@ped.nm.gov
(505) 795-5526

Amy Florez, Out-Of-School Time (OST) , 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) And High-Impact Tutoring (Hit) Team Lead
amy.florez@ped.nm.gov

Program Overview

High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring is evidence-based, layer 2 academic instruction for reading, literacy, and math. Targeted instruction is designed to meet individualized student needs to improve proficiency and reduce learning gaps.

High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring includes eight evidence-based best practices:

1. Targeted or intensive instructional supports that utilize high quality instructional materials (HQIM) that are aligned to adopted standards through a cohesive scope and sequence.
2. Provided by well-trained instructors that demonstrate mastery in the science of reading and literacy instruction and/or mathematical instruction for kindergarten-12th grade.
3. Provides responsive support to students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
4. Provides consistent student grouping and tutor assignment over the duration of the program to ensure positive tutor-student relationships.
5. Maintains a maximum 4:1 student-to-tutor ratio per session.
6. Provides a minimum of 90 minutes of exposure per week for a minimum of 14 weeks.
7. Must leverage ongoing, balanced assessments that allow tutors to effectively tailor instruction during tutoring sessions.
8. Must demonstrate cohesion between tutoring interventions and the student’s core instructional environment.

Local Education Agencies (LEAs) receiving the School Year 2024-25 HB2 High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring Grant may implement tutoring interventions during regular school hours or before and after school. They may utilize funds to issue stipends for trained tutors. They may also utilize funds to contract with a vendor that provides high-dosage/high-impact tutoring curriculum, support, and professional development.

LEAs are required to report participating students, student program attendance, tutoring subject, and interim assessment scores. They are also required to complete a beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year general survey to report participating school sites, program plan, interim assessment type, and overall program quality and effectiveness.

Impact Evaluation

The New Mexico State Public Education Department (NMPED) is partnered with the New Mexico State University Southwest Outreach Academic Research (NMSU SOAR) Evaluation and Policy Center to analyze meaningful student data and produce a comprehensive evaluation report to show the impact of the School Year 2024-25 HB2 High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring Grant Program.

Data collected for the School Year 2024-25 evaluation will include student interim assessment scores, state standardized test scores, program attendance, school attendance, school-wide attendance, student demographics, and graduation rates. This evaluation is contracted to be complete June of 2025.

Grant Availability

The New Mexico State Public Education Department (NMPED) introduced new HB2 High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring funding awards to LEAs participating in the HB2 Out-of-School Time and Summer Enrichment Grant program in School Year 2024-25.

A three-year grant application cycle is anticipated to open to LEAs in Spring of 2026 for new High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring funding. This competitive three-year grant award opportunity will offer potential funding for School Year 2026-27 through School Year 2028-29.

Grant funding availability is dependent on appropriation of House Bill 2 High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring funds designated by the New Mexico Legislature.

Please advocate to your local legislator about the necessity and impact of the NMPED High-Dosage/High-Impact Tutoring Grant Program for our New Mexico students.