14 March 2023

The Hechinger Report: Trial finds cheaper, quicker way to tutor young kids in reading

Chapter One provides short burst of phonics that show promise with kindergarteners.

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Overview

Stanford University finds that short burst tutoring helped double the number of kindergarteners who could sound out 3-letter words from 32% to 68% — at a cost of only $500 per student. “These results are big,” says Susanna Loeb, Director, Annenberg Institute, Brown University. Read Jill Barshay's full article in The Hechinger Report on the results we are seeing with our short burst tutoring model.