Founded in 1999, the mission of Reading Partners is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. Reading Partners is dedicated to transforming struggling young readers into confident readers who are excited about learning. We do this by focusing on children from low-income communities; giving one-on-one instruction at the student's reading level; recruiting and training community volunteers to work with children; partnering with high-need elementary schools to offer free services on the school campus; and providing a way for volunteers to give a small amount of their time to make a huge difference in a child's life.
Founded in 1999, the mission of Reading Partners is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. Reading Partners is dedicated to transforming struggling young readers into confident readers who are excited about learning. We do this by focusing on children from low-income communities; giving one-on-one instruction at the student's reading level; recruiting and training community volunteers to work with children; partnering with high-need elementary schools to offer free services on the school campus; and providing a way for volunteers to give a small amount of their time to make a huge difference in a child's life.
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Total in 2017
Number of Reading Partners students served
11,257
Number of regions served
14
Number of volunteers engaged:
11,422
Number of school partnerships
225
Percent of all Reading Partners’ students will meet or exceed their primary, individualized end-of-year literacy growth goal:
83
Percent of all kindergarteners through second-graders who will master grade-appropriate foundational literacy skills, putting them on track to read at or above grade level by third grade:
90
Percent of all third- and fourth-grade students who will demonstrate growth in reading scores compared to a national group of peers in the same grade:
71
Percent of students who will show improvement in general academic behaviors, such as class participation and regular homework completion, as reported by teacher surveys:
78
Percent of volunteer tutors who will report satisfaction with their experience, as measured by volunteer survey:
95
Percent of teachers who will identify Reading Partners as a valuable asset to their school, as measured by surveys:
98
Percent of principals who will report improved school-wide reading progress, as measured by surveys:
90
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This impact information is current as of March 2019, when it was provided to us by GuideStar.
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