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Why
Tutoring Services are Necessary in Today's Educational
Environment
In
today's society, there is widespread agreement that the
American educational system is less than optimal. Many feel
that, although the No Child Left Behind Act established sound
principles, its underfunding has rendered those principles
meaningless. There have also been widespread reports that
state are "dumbing down" standardized testing so that state
scores can show the improvements necessary in order to
maintain or improve their status. Many parents complain that
school curricula is far too focused on teaching students how
to test well, at the expense of truly teaching subjects in a
way that engage students' natural curiosity.
Due to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act, out of
necessity, the focus of many schools is to raise the scores of
students who test in the "far below basic" and "below basic"
proficiency levels on their yearly assessments. Even so, most
schools lack the resources to give those students the
attention they need in order to improve their test scores.
Further, parents of children who test in the "proficient" or
"advanced" range often feel as though their children are being
left behind, in that they aren't challenged to do their best.
In other words, they feel that the focus on remediating
learners who have low test scores has the unintended
consequence of bringing down the test scores of those who are
gifted and advanced.
As a result, parents are increasingly turning to tutoring
services in order to help their children reach their
potential. They rightly feel that tutors can help fill the
gaps in the education of children. For example, even a student
who is proficient in math may need additional help, while a
gifted math learner can use the services of a math tutor to
augment classroom instruction and go to the next level.
Likewise, when parents turn to a tutor, a student who needs
remediation can often get the help he or she needs to succeed
in the classroom.
Parents whose children are in middle school, junior high, or
high school are also increasingly using tutoring services -
especially online tutoring services. The highly competitive
environment of university and postgraduate admissions make
having a competitive edge a necessity. One-on-one tutoring for
test preparation is growing exponentially, as test preparation
services often enroll as many as 20 students in one class,
making it difficult for individual students to get the
attention they need.
For any student, the key to learning is being engaged with the
material and interacting with the instructor. Unfortunately,
the state of educational funding today makes it increasingly
difficult for students to receive the attention they need.
Even though they have the best of intentions, teachers all too
often simply don't have the time to adapt material to
individual learning styles. Tutoring services are popular
because they can augment what children learn in the classroom,
can help both remedial and advanced learners grasp subject
matter that challenges them, and can help students gain a
competitive edge in test preparation.
Chris Robertson is a published author of
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