Our Tutoring Program Gets Results
A Proven Tutoring Program
The Ignite Reading tutoring program is designed to help students master foundational reading skills and become fluent readers. Our evidence-based 1:1 approach has been proven as a scalable solution to accelerate early literacy outcomes for high-need students.
Research by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University shows that Ignite Reading students gained an additional 5.4 months of learning in one year of tutoring as compared to national averages. Strong levels of reading growth were realized across all student demographics, including English language learners, students with IEPs, and Black and Hispanic students.
The Ignite Reading Impact
Students at Benchmark Increased 213%
Students Needing Intensive Intervention Decreased 55%
A study of 1,872 1st graders across 13 Massachusetts public school districts, 64% of whom were reading well below grade level
Source: Study by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University
Ignite Reading Virtual Tutoring Delivers Results Comparable to In-Person Tutoring
When comparing the growth of more than 800 Ignite Reading students with matched students from the same districts who were not in the Ignite Reading program, students who received tutoring from Ignite Reading achieved significantly greater literacy gains than those in the comparison group. These gains were comparable to gains observed in recent studies of in-person tutoring at scale and significantly outperformed the impact of educational technology interventions, other virtual tutoring programs, and extended day programs.
1 – Kraft, Matthew A., Schueler, Beth E., & Falken, Grace. (2024).
2- Study by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University
3- Neitzel, A. J., Lake, C., Pellegrini, M., & Slavin, R. E. (2021).
4- Figlio, D., Holden, K. L., & Ozek, U. (2018).
Students Across Demographics Gained More Than 5 Additional Months of Learning Compared to National Averages
English learners, students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and Black and Hispanic students all achieved
similar gains of just under five months or slightly more than five months of additional learning.
Source: Study by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University
Hear From Educators
As a former kindergarten teacher, I absolutely love this reading intervention.
Dr. Almudena Abeyta
Superintendent of Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea, MA
2023–2024 School Year Results
For every 1 week in the program, students program-wide made an average of 2.1 weeks of reading progress.
73% of students with kindergarten reading skills gaps closed all gaps.
Here’s more about the students who participated in our 2023-2024 program:
85%
Had skills gaps placing them at kindergarten or 1st grade reading levels
72%
From historically disenfranchised groups
31%
Multilingual learners
18%
Had an IEP
District Success Stories
Little Rock School District
In its first-year pilot, 1,000 Little Rock students participated in Ignite Reading and made outstanding foundational reading skills gains.
Red Bluff Union Elementary School District
Eighty percent of 1st—8th graders in the Ignite Reading program had skill gaps that placed them at kindergarten and first grade reading levels. See their exceptional growth.