Celebrating its 20th Year of Nationwide Impact, 成人快播 Unveils Outstanding Student Results in 2017-18
September 17, 2018
For Immediate Release
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Michael Todd
National Director of Marketing & Communications
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CELEBRATING ITS 20TH YEAR OF NATIONWIDE IMPACT, READING PARTNERS UNVEILS OUTSTANDING STUDENT RESULTS IN 2017-18
The early literacy nonprofit looks for more community tutors in 2018-19
(Oakland, CA) September 17, 2018
The 2018-19 academic school year marks 成人快播鈥 20th anniversary of bringing community volunteers into schools to provide essential one-on-one literacy tutoring that empowers students to succeed in school and beyond. Over the past two decades, the organization has grown from supporting a handful of students at one school into a national literacy nonprofit supporting more than 11,000 students at 200+ schools across the US every year.
鈥淩eading is critical, and equitable education needs to be a norm, not a luxury,鈥 said Karine Apollon, CEO of 成人快播. “This is a solvable problem and one that 成人快播 has been successfully tackling for 20 years. Last school year alone, our organization mobilized over 12,000 volunteers in communities across the country to tackle one of the nation鈥檚 greatest issues, one student at a time, and our personalized literacy approach continues to show highly positive results.鈥
Student results in 2017-18 continued a strong trend for 成人快播
Every fall, 成人快播 issues student impact reports for the national organization and for each of its . The impact reports for the 2017-18 school year have recently been posted on and include the following highlights.
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成人快播 Program Results:
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Nearly 11,000 students were matched with over 12,000 community volunteers at 212 partner schools who delivered a total of 373,032 tutoring sessions (an average of 34 tutoring sessions per student over the course of the year).
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Among 成人快播鈥 youngest students, 90% are developing mastery of key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.
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Based on survey responses, 94% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress, 100% of teachers report 成人快播 is valuable to their school and 95% of volunteers were satisfied with their 成人快播 experience.
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Learn about 成人快播鈥 2017-18 national impact .
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A 20-year track record of student and community impact
Only 20 percent of economically disadvantaged students in the US are reading proficiently by fourth grade. For students entering fourth grade, it is essential to have made the switch from 鈥榣earning to read鈥 to 鈥榬eading to learn.鈥 Most subjects, including history, science and math, all require literacy in order to progress. Over the past two decades (as noted in the graphic below), 成人快播 has engaged nearly 55,000 community tutors and over 1,300 AmeriCorps members to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring to more than 50,000 students attending over 350 public schools in nearly 75 school districts across the country. All told, 成人快播 volunteers have delivered more than 1.5 million tutoring sessions, helping students grow their reading skills and confidence at a pivotal stage in their education.
More volunteers needed in the 2018-19 school year
There are nearly nine million low-income K-5 students in the US who are not yet reading at grade level. Without developing the literacy skills needed to read at grade level, these children do not have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. Each new volunteer that 成人快播 engages helps more students develop the foundational reading skills needed to power their learning in all other subjects in school.
In the 2018-19 school year, 成人快播 aims to match nearly 14,000 community volunteers with 11,283 struggling readers nationwide. By tutoring a student one-on-one for as little as one hour a week, volunteers make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and life.
The positive student results highlighted in the 2017-18 impact reports are made possible through the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers. To become a volunteer with 成人快播, please visit today.
About 成人快播
For 20 years, 成人快播 has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized nearly 55,000 community volunteers to provide , individualized literacy tutoring to more than 50,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit to learn more about our , or connect with us on , ,, and .
Photos of students and volunteer tutors in a 成人快播 reading center (Photo Credit: 成人快播)
成人快播鈥 20-year impact report