This review of evidence has shown that large-scale tutoring programs are among the best investments governments can make to address widening educational inequalities and learning gaps among Canadian children brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This publication is part of a suite of reports that includes an ecosystem mapping of community-based tutoring and academic support programs in Toronto, a universal evaluation toolkit to support enhanced research, and a review of evidence on tutoring to improve learning equity in Ontario’s post-pandemic context.