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The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring

Benjamin S. Bloom · 1984 · Educational Researcher

Reports that tutored students outperformed conventionally taught peers by roughly two standard deviations, framing the challenge of scaling tutoring.

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The average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control class.

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