It takes a village (plus AI): A pilot study on AI-driven math tutoring

Personalized Learning Squared (PLUS) is an ed-tech platform that uses a hybrid human-AI tutoring to support middle school students from historically low-income communities. Research shows that tutoring works to improve learning, especially among students who are furthest behind. However, tutoring is resource intensive and expensive. PLUS connects remote, human tutors to students working on math software in classrooms, uses insights from the math software to identify student needs in real time and help tutors allocate their attention between students. PLUS began operating in classrooms in the 2022-2023 school year. We are expanding into new schools and districts, improving the PLUS platform and our approach to onboarding and supporting teachers and tutors, and evaluating the impact of the PLUS platform iteratively. We plan to conduct a pilot study during the 2024-2025 school year that will continue to evaluate the implementation of the PLUS program and its impact on student learning outcomes.