TEWKSBURY — Governor Maura Healey, Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Pedro Martinez celebrated Massachusetts’ $25 million investment in no-cost, high-dosage early literacy tutoring for 272 elementary schools with a classroom visit to Dewing Elementary School in Tewksbury.
High-dosage tutoring is an evidence-based model shown to deliver significant gains in literacy achievement, particularly for students who are behind grade level, and provides one-on-one or small-group tutoring sessions multiple times a week for at least 10 weeks.
This high-dosage tutoring program is designed to help students in kindergarten through third grade build foundational reading skills this school year — with grade 1 as the top priority. The initiative was created by Gov. Healey as part of her comprehensive strategy to improve literacy for all Massachusetts students and is funded through a $25 million investment in Fair Share dollars…