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Start Reading Now: Closing the Achievement Gap in Grades 1-3
September 2014
Pam Longfellow Kevin Terrell www.StartReadingNow.org
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Each year “Summer Setback” causes low-income kids to fall into the Achievement Gap, starting in 1st Grade
* Not to scale – for illustra/on purposes only
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF LOWER INCOME VS. HIGHER INCOME KIDS*
Higher income kids
Lower income kids
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade
9 months of
learning
Rela/ve Academ
ic Perform
ance
Summer Setback
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A root cause of Summer Setback is the fact that most poor kids do not live in homes with books, and they simply lack the opportunity to read and learn
SOURCE: Dr. Janice Wood, University of North Florida, Success for All Children -‐ Early Learning & Literacy Model, 2005
AVERAGE NUMBER OF BOOKS AT HOME, BY INCOME GROUP
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Peer reviewed research shows that a simple, straightforward approach to Summer Setback yields great value in closing the achievement gap
Right number of books At the Right Bme For the Right duraBon
A greater effect on
reading scores than typical
interven/ons – at 1/60th of the cost
SOURCE: Addressing Summer Reading Setback, Reading Psychology, Allington & McGill-‐Franzen, 2010
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• Project Manager and consultant • Former middle school teacher • Former CFO for ThinkSmall, Minnesota’s leading
early childhood support agency • Mother of 4 Minneapolis Public Schools pupils • [email protected] • 612.387.4719
In late 2013, we began to pull together the pieces to make this research real for Minneapolis children
Pam Longfellow, Co-‐Founder
• Management consultant, Marketing Leader and Six Sigma Black Belt
• McKinsey, General Electric • Engagement leader for non-profit clients in early
childhood learning and global health
• [email protected] • 612.237.3662
Kevin Terrell, Co-‐Founder
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Start Reading Now sponsors $50 vouchers for low-income* kids in Minneapolis to buy 10 books each Summer after 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades
X = $50
Start Reading Now Good for
books!
Good for
books!
* Low-‐income is defined as being on the free or reduced lunch program
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We signed agreements with the key partners required to deliver the program in 2014
• Coordinate book fairs • Transporta/on of kids to book fairs • Child-‐level data tracking to allow us to understand the
program’s impact on learning
• Turnkey book fair opera/ons • Provide grade appropriate book selec/ons • “Point of sale” equipment • Read for the World smartphone app for parents and
school system to track students’ minutes read
• Act as non-‐profit fiscal agent • Pipeline of alumni to serve as field leaders • 20 years of success, having served over 1,000 youths in
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester, MN • Ranked in top 2% of state’s 400 mentoring programs
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In June 2014 we hosted book fairs where our first cohort of 330 First Graders in Minneapolis Summer School used vouchers to buy 10 books each
LYNDALE
NSJ PILLSBURY
BETHUNE
BRYN MAWR EMERSON
ANDERSEN
FOLWELL
HIAWATHA HALE
BURROUGHS
Hmong Intl
NOTE: ~90% of students acending these targeted schools during the school year are on free or reduced lunch
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We have defined success in the short- and long-term, and we will measure specific outcomes that drive value for kids and the community
Successful startup • Fund the purchase of 10 books for a
large pilot group of 1st Graders in MPS Summer School program
• Successfully deliver all books to all children by 15 July 2014
2014 goals and measurements
ConBnued execuBon • Sustain delivery of 10 books for every
child in MPS Summer School programs, Grades 1 to 3 for all three years
2015 and beyond goals and measurements
Significant impact, high value • 30% improvement in reading scores for
students who par/cipate in all three years of Start Reading Now vs. similar students who did not par/cipate
Sustainable community interest • 3 year funding commitments signed
for all targeted MPS students • New loca/ons iden/fied
Measurement infrastructure in place • Par/cipa/ng students iden/fied in MPS
system with key data such as free lunch status, home language, etc
• Reading scores baseline and data collec/on for all par/cipa/ng students
• Impact analysis by Lucy Payne, Amy Smith, University of St. Thomas
Future sustaining interest secured • Commitments for funding through
2016 signed
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After 2014 we will add a new Cohort each year until we are funding all 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders. This will require ~$150,000 per year in community support
Annual $
Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Summer 2016
Cohort A
Cohort A
Cohort B
Cohort A
Cohort B
Cohort C
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
Start Reading Now Annual Funding ProjecBons
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This program could be implemented for every targeted 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grader in Minnesota public schools for ~$4M a year
~79,000 children in 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade on Free or Reduced Lunch
@$50 each = $4M per year
SOURCE: Minnesota Department of Educa/on 2013 data, 41% of students on free or reduced lunch; Katana analysis