Measurable Results
 
   
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Student Reading Gains

 
  READ students achieve significant and measurable reading gains. To date, the average gain per student is one full grade level in reading after approximately 40 forty-five minute one-on-one tutoring sessions. All grade level information presented below is estimated using the Reading for All Learners Program (RALP), a research-based curriculum for beginning readers.  
 
 
*Includes students that participated in at least 30 tutoring sessions (approximately 85% of students) from 2000 to 2008.
 
 
 
 
 

Student Reading Gains and Growth in Children and Teens Served.

 
 
 

Fueled by significant results for children and teens, READ is growing rapidly; from 37 children and 24 teens in 2000 to approximately 1,400 children and 1,000 teens in 2008.

 
   
 
 
 

Fiscal Year

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Combined

Children Served

37

168

421

669

789

800

1112

1289

1351

6636

Average Grade Level Increase (GLI)

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0+ GLI

68%

49%

55%

61%

62%

52%

67%

70%

71%

64%

Community Service Opportunities to Teens

0

50

252

490

555

600

798

904

973

4622

Paid Jobs to Teens

24

76

108

157

185

200

259

309

471*

1789

*Includes school year tutoring jobs at Teen Pay Pilot sites, implemented for the first time in 2008.