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High-Impact Tutoring Characteristics

OpenLiteracy 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
For Profit
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Name
Sarah Scott Frank, Founder
Contact Email
sarah@openliteracy.com

Program Overview

Mission

OpenLiteracy’s mission is to provide individualized 1:1 literacy instruction, aligned with students' literacy learning needs, to ensure that all students are reading at grade level.

Mission
Ensure learners K-5 have access to high quality reading instruction rooted in the science of reading.
Program Description

OpenLiteracy partners with school districts, non-profit organizations, and families across the United States to provide 1:1 tutoring for students in grades K-6. OpenLiteracy Tutoring can be implemented during the school day, for instance, during an intervention block or independent reading time, as well as before or after school. Students receive one-on-one instruction from a certified teacher for 30 minutes, three times per week, via OpenLiteracy's virtual classroom. Our COPPA compliant virtual classroom, similar to Zoom, makes it easy to conduct tutoring sessions whenever and wherever needed. OpenLiteracy cares deeply about working in partnership and we regularly communicate baseline and ongoing progress monitoring data as well as attendance.

In addition to providing 1:1 tutoring, OpenLiteracy’s curriculum is available for purchase to use in small group or 1:1 instruction. All lessons are turnkey and ready to use with no additional planning or prep required.

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Academic Intervention
Other type of service

Intensive reading tutoring.

Year Started
2020
States of Operation
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
Washington DC,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Virtual

Students and Offerings

Most recent number of students served
1,000-4,999
Grade Levels
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade
Subject Offered
Early Literacy,
English Language Arts (ELA),
Reading
Languages Offered
English

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
Virtual
Setting
During School,
Out of School
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1
Number of Weeks Per Program
20-38 weeks
Number of Sessions Per Week
Two days per week, Three days per week, Four days per week
Number of Minutes Per Session
30 minutes or less
Type of Tutor
Certified Teacher
Race/Ethnicity breakdown of tutors
Asian 10%, Black or African American 20%, Hispanic or Latino 20%, and White 50%.
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement
Yes
Family Engagement Description

To support scheduling, Sharing academic progress

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
District, Nonprofit, Parent, School, Student
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
$1,200-$1,499

Research Evidence

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