The Intelligent Tutoring System’s instructional content was designed and further developed with contributions from professors at Harvard, Columbia Teachers College, UCLA, Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, and Rutgers, among others. The instructional content is not drill and practice, but comprehensive curricula designed to teach new skills to students in a consistent pedagogical manner from kindergarten through 10th grade equivalents in reading, writing, and language arts. The Math curriculum covers Kindergarten through Algebra 1.

Throughout the scope and sequence, New Century lessons use a highly interactive, guided approach to instruction. Students are introduced to new concepts using real world examples. Aural instruction is provided to support the visual content, as a tutor would, to help aural learners grasp concepts. Guided instruction includes examples where students are asked to demonstrate their developing comprehension by applying concepts. Using a digital tutor format, the lessons take the student step by step through the solution of a math problem or the development of phonics skills, confirming correct responses and providing clues when the initial response is incorrect.

Students who continue to struggle are branched into additional developmental instruction, while students who master the lesson content quickly are accelerated through the lesson. As a student’s proficiency increases, they are increasingly asked to solve problems with less support and instruction until they reach criterion reference items, which they complete independently.

If a student fails to pass a lesson, he does not merely repeat it until he passes (or he memorizes the answers).  The Intelligent Tutoring System adjusts their lesson path to provide remedial and scaffolding instruction until they reach proficiency.

Instruction correlates to Common Core  State Standards. Independently conducted, randomized/controlled studies demonstrate that the more teachers and students use New Century as a part of their curriculum, the greater their gains on standardized tests.