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High-Impact Tutoring Characteristics

LearnUp Centers 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://learnupcenters.org/
Headquarter Location (City, State)
San Francisco, CA
Contact Name
Steve Hagler
Contact Email
stevehagler@learnupcenters.org

Program Overview

Mission

LearnUp is a nonprofit on a mission to reach and teach struggling readers in every community to read with confidence using our fast and proven structured literacy program.

Program Description

LearnUp is a multidisciplinary structured literacy program that integrates the best practices of the leading reading programs on the market (Orton-Gillingham, Linda Mood-Bell, Slingerland, Alphabetic Phonics, Reading Recovery, Whole Language, oral language development etc.) and combines them with the latest brain research and National Reading Panel recommendations to create a superior, systematic program that accelerates reading acquisition. As a blended approach to Structured Literacy, LearnUp is not beholden to one approach or methodology. We use, and do, what works.

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Year Started
2016
States of Operation
California
Operation Locations
San Francisco, San Anselmo, Virtually anywhere there is a computer, headphones, and a strong wifi connection.

Students and Offerings

Most recent number of students served
100-249
Grade Levels
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Subject Offered
Reading
Languages Offered
English

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
Blended,
In-Person
Setting
During School
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1
Number of Weeks Per Program
13-20 weeks
Number of Sessions Per Week
Five days per week
Number of Minutes Per Session
46-60 minutes
Type of Tutor
College/University Student (e.g. any college/university student who is not a pre-service teacher),certified tutors in our structured literacy program
Race/Ethnicity breakdown of tutors
Asian 25%, Black or African American 15%, Hispanic or Latino 10%, and White 50%.
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement Description

To support scheduling, Sharing tutoring session content, Reporting attendance, Sharing academic progress, Sharing social or emotional progress,Accessing student information, Sharing at-home support suggestions, Goal setting and monitoring progress toward goals, Ongoing assessments and progress monitoring.

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
District, Nonprofit, Parent, School
Cost to Student
<$251

Research Evidence

Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
No
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
No