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Kirabo Jackson

Kirabo Jackson

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Oct 8, 2026

Joshua GoodmanGUEST
51:56
Yeah.
Joshua GoodmanGUEST
51:57
I, again, I don't wanna push this argument too hard, but, uh, if we look at the amount of money that parents are spending on these centers, and we look at the implied test score effect that these centers are having, those sort of test score points per dollar spent numbers are a lot higher than if you look at things like Kirabo Jackson's work on public school finance reforms, where putting more money into public schools absolutely is helpful to student outcomes, including test scores.
Joshua GoodmanGUEST
52:28
But the magnitude of what you need to spend to move the average test scores by the same amount that we see tutoring centers doing is something like 10 times the amount that is being spent on the tutoring centers.
Joshua GoodmanGUEST
52:40
In other words, the tutoring center investments seem to be really effective.
Josh GoodmanGUEST
51:56
Yeah.
Josh GoodmanGUEST
51:57
I, again, I don't wanna push this argument too hard, but, uh, if we look at the amount of money that parents are spending on these centers, and we look at the implied test score effect that these centers are having, those sort of test score points per dollar spent numbers are a lot higher than if you look at things like Kirabo Jackson's work on public school finance reforms, where putting more money into public school is absolutely as helpful to student outcomes, including test scores.
Josh GoodmanGUEST
52:28
But the magnitude of what you need to spend to move the average test scores by the same amount that we see tutoring centers doing is something like 10 times the amount that is being spent on the tutoring centers.
Josh GoodmanGUEST
52:40
In other words, the tutoring center investments seem to be really effective.

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