Read Alliance Inc

Early literacy program- read's unique early literacy program is 45 sessions, and provides 90 minutes of programming per day in two parts: 1) a 45-minute session of one-to-one, individualized literacy intervention using a structured, phonics-based curriculum delivered to the younger read students by paid read teen leaders, and 2) a 45-minute group work session led by a read teacher, either homework help or complementary literacy activities. During the one-to-one tutoring session, students read out loud to their teen leaders a book they have already mastered, and then the teen leader provides explicit one-to-one reading instruction and practice. At the end of each session, students are given a book from our lending library for continued practice at home. Read alliance targets its early literacy program to kindergarten, first and second graders who are reading at least half a grade level behind. The individualized, phonics- based instruction uses a structured curriculum to advance reading skill improvement of an average of at least one reading level in just 30 sessions. More than 85 percent of participants who complete the read program advance their reading skill improvement an average of at least one reading level. In fy24 read alliance served 1,256 unduplicated readers in 1,560 seats, and employed 1,046 unduplicated teen leaders in 1,373 positions in 3 states.