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Jumpstart

Organization and Contact

Organization Type
Nonprofit
Website Address
https://www.jstart.org/
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Boston, MA

Program Overview

Mission

Jumpstart advances equitable learning outcomes for young children in underserved communities by recruiting and supporting caring adults to deliver high-quality programming to children and drive systems change through teaching, advocacy, and leadership.

Program Description

As part of Jumpstart’s mission to ensure children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed, college student volunteers work to provide high-quality services to children through Jumpstart classroom service and planning. Jumpstart provides volunteers with the training, coaching, and support to ensure that all of Jumpstart’s activities provide children with high-quality, developmentally appropriate experiences and supportive interactions with well-trained adults.

Type of service
Academic Intervention
Year Program Launched
1994

Students and Offerings

Number of Students Served in the Most Recent School Year
9436
Grade Levels
Pre-Kindergarten
Subject Offered
Early Literacy

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
In-Person
Setting
During School,
Immediately before/after school
Tutor-Student Ratio
3:01
Number of Weeks Per Program
20
Number of Sessions Per Week
2
Number of Minutes Per Session
60
Type of Tutor
Volunteer
Percentage of tutors who can speak a language other than English
90% of volunteers speak English as their primary language but ~40% speak other languages fluently in addition to English (e.g., 26% Spanish, 2% Chinese, and 1% each of Arabic, ASL, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement Description

Families receive Jumpstart Family Newsletters and text messages (through Jumpstart’s partnership with Ready4K); all volunteers receive training, resources, and activities to help them more effectively engage families.

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
Schools, community-based preschools, Head Start programs, and partner with community organizations, higher education institutions
Average cost for typical tutoring cycle
Free

Research Evidence

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

https://2mppoq4bdzx53l2j3q1b47zi-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Harris-Berk_2011_Summary.pdf

RCT effect size
No effect just gains on GIGIG, TERA-3, BSRA, DECA socio-emotional skills
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
Yes
QED citation

Study 1: https://2mppoq4bdzx53l2j3q1b47zi-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FR_JumpstartforYoungChildrenInc_PreschoolAgeChildrenCalifornia_2015.pdf Study 2: https://2mppoq4bdzx53l2j3q1b47zi-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Julie-Dwyer-Final-Jumpstart-Progress-Report-8-28-12-1.pdf

QED effect size
0.62