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Home-based Waterford program shows modest uptake; high usage linked to larger gains
Summary
OPI reported 565 students logged into the Waterford home-based platform this year; only 72 met the 1,500-minute threshold associated with an average 2.67 'segments' of growth, highlighting engagement barriers and potential for targeted outreach.
Marie described the state’s use of the Waterford platform for home-based early learning and said the program’s license allocation and family uptake varied by district. She reported 1,500 licenses were authorized in the fiscal note, allocated first-come, first-served, and later re-released when districts did not use all reserved seats; this year 565 students logged into the platform and 72 met the 1,500-minute usage threshold.
The presentation explained Waterford’s nine-segment progression and how platform usage relates to measurable growth: students meeting the 1,500-minute threshold averaged about 2.67 segments of growth, a gain the presenter characterized as more than one full academic year of typical reading development on that platform. Council members and staff raised parental-engagement, transportation, and outreach as primary barriers to increasing home-based usage.
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