Researchers at the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University School of Education have just released the results of a comprehensive study conducted to evaluate Ignite Reading’s daily 1:1 tutoring program. Here are a few of their key findings: ✅ Most students began well below benchmark. The percentage of students meeting DIBELS benchmark increased significantly from 16% at the beginning of the school year (BOY) to 50% at the end of the school year (EOY), while the percentage of students requiring intensive intervention dropped from 64% BOY to 28% EOY. ✅ Tutored students gained an additional 5.4 months of learning as compared to national averages. ✅ Students across subgroups — historically marginalized groups, English learners, and students with IEPs — achieved similar gains, with only small, non-meaningful differences between them. Learn more about the research study and results: https://lnkd.in/evAmf6Bu #ESSA #Literacy #Proven #EdLeadership #Education #K12 #ElementaryEd
Ignite Reading
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Ignite Reading's 1:1 online tutoring teaches students the foundational skills they need to become fluent readers.
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Just 3 in 10 U.S. 4th graders are reading on grade level.*
Ignite Reading is on a mission to fix this, ensuring every student can access the tools they need to be a confident, fluent reader by the end of 1st grade.
With a team of literacy specialists and highly trained tutors, we provide daily, targeted instruction via 1:1 virtual tutoring. Our evidence-based instruction helps kids quickly closes reading gaps, so they can successfully make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn.
Results from an evaluation of Ignite Reading by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University** showed that students reading below grade level who received tutoring achieved significant literacy gains:
⏫ Students at benchmark increased 213% ⏫
⏬ Students needing intensive intervention decreased 55% ⏬
Notably, researchers found students across subgroups — historically marginalized groups, English learners, and students with IEPs — achieved similar gains, with only small, non-meaningful differences between them.
The study concluded "Ignite Reading offers a scalable solution to improving early literacy outcomes in diverse educational settings, with significant implications for addressing equity and literacy gaps."
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"Ignite Reading is one of the most, if not the most, successful interventions we have implemented in our district. The student results and program design are indisputable."
- Claudia Salvestrin, Assistant Superintendent, Red Bluff Union Elementary School District, CA
*National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2024
**Neitzel, A. J., & Reilly, J. (2024). An evaluation of Ignite Reading virtual literacy tutoring in Massachusetts. Center for Research and Reform in Education, The Johns Hopkins University.
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🚨 Resource Alert 🚨 The National Center on Improving Literacy has created a powerful tool to keep educators updated on dyslexia policies around the U.S. What do the laws look like in your state? #EducationPolicy #Policy #Literacy #Reading
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There are some new faces on our team! We're excited to welcome Shawn Kelly, Yvette Gonzalez, and Lori Puckett to Ignite Reading. #WereHiring #WorkInEducation #EducationJobs
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In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look at some of the many women who have been influential in changing the way we teach kids to read. Today we're turning our eyes to Nancy Young, Ed.D. and her Ladder of Reading and Writing. (Want to learn more? Here's what the 🧠 needs to learn: https://lnkd.in/eUFePh9X) #ScienceOfReading #WomenInEducation #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory
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👏for the rock star readers in Little Rock School District! With an average of 24 hours of instruction: 🎉 76% of students closed kindergarten reading skill gaps 💥 64% of students closed first grade reading skill gaps Thank you to Jermall D. Wright, Ed.D. and the whole team in Little Rock for your continued commitment to ensuring all of your students have the critical foundations necessary to become lifelong readers. #ElemEd #ElementaryEducation #Arkansas #ArkansasEducation
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As we contemplated the theme of this year's International Women's Day — Rights. Equality. Empowerment. — we turned to one of the many incredible women on the Ignite Reading team to hear how she strives to empower a whole new generation of young readers. Find out what Darnishia Taylor says is most rewarding about her job as a tutor performance manager and why she feels she can be "authentically me" in her work. Plus, take a peek at Darnishia's suggestion for your children's reading collection! #WorkLife #CompanyCulture #InternationalWomensDay #TeamMemberSpotlight
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Ignite Reading is 🌱 growing! Will you help us extend a warm welcome to two of our newest team members — Natalia Marcantonio and Arianna Robinson! #WereGrowing #WereHiring #EdTech
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