OUR IMPACT / SUMMER 2025

Summer 2025 Program Impact Report

Participants gained approximately 3.8 months of reading growth on average in essential literacy skills.

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5,060

Students attended

566

Teachers trained

90%

Family workshop attendance

Title 1 schools

Student impact

3.8 Months of reading growth on average in essential literacy skills

40% reading gap closed, on average, between students starting reading level and grade expectations. Students reading at or above grade level increased 52% — from 29% before to 44% after Springboard Collaborative.

Students reading at or above grade level increased 52%

From 29% before Springboard Collaborative to 44% after. N=3,825 students who participated in Springboard Collaborative summer 2025 programming.

Family impact

Starting reading level Growth during program Remaining gap to grade level

Pre-K/TK (n=3,825)

K (n=412)

1st (n=545)

2nd (n=555)

3rd (n=420)

4th (n=445)

53%

47%

40%

32%

31%

Pre-K/TK – NWF K – NWF 1st – NWF 2nd – NWF 3rd – NWF 4th – NWF

Grade level expectations (NWF = Nonsense Word Fluency)

Educator & district leader impact

566

Trained educators used Springboard Collaborative's playbook in their classrooms.

94%

of participants agreed that family workshops helped them to build relationships with students' families

100%

of participants say working with Springboard helped them develop as a teacher/leader

94%

of participants agreed the family workshops helped improve families' reading habits

91%

of participants agreed Springboard helped them feel more confident communicating about reading with students' families

Knowing that our early literacy tutors are so well trained is a huge weight off my mental load. It means our students get high-quality phonics instruction during the school year and continue to get that same quality instruction during the summer.

Casey Beckner

Summer School Principal, Oakland Unified School District

40%

Reading gap closed

On average, between students starting reading level and grade expectations.

90%

of families attend Springboard Collaborative workshops to support their children's reading goals

92%

of families agreed that Springboard Collaborative helped their student grow as a reader

90%

of families agreed that Springboard helped them spend more time reading with their student

Participating school districts

Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Baltimore City Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
Everett Public Schools
Fayette County Public Schools
Fowler Unified School District
Fresno Unified School District
Milton Town School District
New York City Public Schools
Oakland Unified School District
Peabody Public Schools
Pontiac Academy For Excellence
San Francisco Unified School District
Santa Rosa School District
West Contra Costa School District

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