03 October 2024
Chapter One High Impact Tutoring Results Published in Peer Reviewed Journal, Learning and Instruction
Year One results from the Stanford-led study show that Chapter One students were more than twice as likely to achieve grade-level reading targets.
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Toronto, ON, October 3, 2024 — Results from a study on Chapter One High Impact Tutoring by Stanford University's National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) have been published in the peer-reviewed journal Learning and Instruction.
Year One results are part of an ongoing four-year NSSA randomized controlled trial involving 800 students in Broward County Public Schools in Florida.
Key findings showed that students receiving one-on-one high impact tutoring with Chapter One were more than twice as likely to achieve grade-level reading targets compared to their peers. The program not only led to significant literacy improvements but also proved to be scalable and cost-effective.
The high impact tutoring approach features short, focused lessons conducted frequently in the classroom throughout the week . The program is delivered by professional tutors, called Early Literacy Interventionists, who are trained to use Chapter One’s custom software applications to assess and instruct each child in real time.
To learn more about Chapter One’s high impact tutoring programs, visit chapterone.org/ca.
This study demonstrates that our personalized, high impact tutoring approach can truly transform early literacy outcomes. We’re delighted to be recognized by the academic community, which reinforces our commitment to expanding 1:1 reading support to schools and communities across Canada. With the proven effectiveness and scalability of our programs—whether in-person or virtually in school, or virtually at home on families’ smartphones—and ever-growing internet access, we can help young readers get the one-on-one help they need, when they need it most—anywhere.
- Fabrice Grover, CEO of Chapter One Canada
About Chapter One
Chapter One (chapterone.org/ca) is a rapidly growing global nonprofit and a registered Canadian charity that provides one-on-one early literacy tutoring programs to over 50,000 globally, including more than 2,300 children in eight provinces and territories across Canada. 95% of the students Chapter One currently supports in Canada are Indigenous, living on or near reserve. The organization’s proven high impact tutoring approach—five-minute sessions, three to five times a week—is ideally suited to young children’s attention spans and aligns with the Science of Reading.
Thanks to support from donors and Jordan’s Principle, the at-home tutoring program is available via families’ smartphones at no cost to First Nations and Inuit students who are behind in their reading. To sign up for 1:1 high-impact reading tutoring on smartphones, visit chapterone.org/ca/home-tutoring.
In addition to its reading tutoring programs, Chapter One co-creates children’s storybooks with the communities it serves, reflecting their priorities and experiences and supporting language revitalization efforts. The e-storybooks are provided for free online as part of the Global Free Library (library.chapterone.org/#/en-CA).