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Future Forward Literacy

High-Impact Tutoring Characteristics

Future Forward Literacy has earned the National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) Tutoring Program Design Badge. This program has shared documented evidence that their program design fulfills the research-backed core characteristics of high-impact tutoring.

Please see Tutoring Program Design Badge  for more details about how a program earns the Badge and the Tutoring Quality Standards for more information on all high-impact tutoring characteristics.

Organization and Contact

Organization Type
Nonprofit
Website Address
https://futureforwardliteracy.org/
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Madison, Wisconsin
Contact Name
Kate Bauer-Jones
Contact Email
kbauerjones@edanalytics.org

Program Overview

Mission

Reading, tutoring, and family engagement.

Mission
Reading, tutoring, and family engagement.
Program Description

Future Forward is an early literacy intervention that provides individualized one-on-one tutoring and family engagement for kindergarten through 3rd grade struggling readers. The program is traditionally implemented embedded in schools, though we have piloted both virtual and hybrid implementation models for distance intervention (please note: These models have not yet been rigorously evaluated).

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Academic Intervention
Year Started
2011
States of Operation
Alabama,
South Carolina,
Wisconsin

Students and Offerings

Most recent number of students served
250
Grade Levels
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Subject Offered
Reading
Languages Offered
English

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
In-Person
Setting
During School,
Out of School
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1
Number of Sessions Per Week
3
Number of Minutes Per Session
30
Type of Tutor
Tutoring staff,
Other
Other tutor type
Trained and supported Tutors and Family Engagement Coordinators with professional education or youth service backgrounds required.
Percentage of tutors who can speak a language other than English
English - 100%
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement
Family Engagement is a key component of the program and strongly effect's program's impact. Trained, dedicated Family Engagement Coordinators conduct regular outreach, including publishing newsletters, hosting literacy-themed events, connecting via phone
Family Engagement Description

Family Engagement is a key component of the program and strongly effect's program's impact. Trained, dedicated Family Engagement Coordinators conduct regular outreach, including publishing newsletters, hosting literacy-themed events, connecting via phone, text, and email, and conducting home visits throughout the entire calendar year.

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
District
Parent
School
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
Total cost approximately $2600 per student when serving 30 children lowest performing K-3rd graders per school.

Research Evidence

Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
Yes
RCT Citation

https://www.adi.org/journal/2018fw/JonesFall2018.pdf, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10824669.2020.1809419
https://uwm.edu/sreed/wp-content/uploads/sites/502/2020/10/Regression-Discontinuity-Study-of-Future-Forward.pdf

RCT effect size
ES = + 0.122 (reading),ES = + 0.230 (reading),ES = + 0.164 (reading),ES = +0.130 (attendance)
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
Yes