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Reading Corps tutors credited with strong early-grade gains at Riverview
Summary
Reading Corps representatives told the Silver Lake J1 board their tutoring partnership has served 66 students over two years at Riverview; roughly two‑thirds of tutored students met or exceeded growth targets, with kindergarten and first grade showing the largest gains.
Representatives from Reading Corps presented site-level outcomes and program details during the annual meeting, telling the board the program’s high-dosage tutoring model has produced notable gains at Riverview.
Ysa Jadino, executive director for Reading Corps Wisconsin programming, said the site report shows 66 students were tutored over the last two years and that 44 of those students exceeded target growth benchmarks. “Our kindergarten and first grade students did the best; they’re growing a year’s worth in just one semester,” Jadino said, summarizing third-party trial results and local data.
Staffing and training are core parts of the model, Jadino said: tutors (AmeriCorps members) receive multi-modal training, ongoing coaching, and monthly data dives to ensure fidelity. The program typically schedules 20 minutes of high-dosage tutoring per school day and uses frequent progress-monitoring checks to adapt interventions.
Reading Corps staff acknowledged a dip in measured gains for second grade that mirrors a national pattern; coaches and school staff will pay targeted attention to those students to adjust interventions. The board and Reading Corps representatives discussed how interventions are scripted for non‑certified tutors and how IEP-aligned work is coordinated with school staff.
Taylor earlier had noted the district receives a stronger-connections grant ($120,000 this year) that helps fund a position and summer-school programming; Reading Corps representatives said their services coordinate with school priorities and complement existing supports.
Next steps: the district will receive the Reading Corps handbook and the program’s site report; the Reading Corps coach plans to continue monthly meetings with school staff and to monitor booster strategies for second graders.
