The Early Learning Corps program increases young children’s opportunity to learn key early literacy and numeracy skills. AmeriCorps members are matched with a PreK classroom and provide daily empirically-based support, boosting the success of children and the instructional capacity of teachers. Early Learning Corps currently places tutors in 8 states and Washington D.C. The success of the program is built on the collective value of three core features: Science Driven Intervention, Data-based Decision-making, and Training and Coaching.
Conducted by the Center for Benefit Cost Studies of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, this study concluded that the “Reading Corps program leverages a substantial amount of resources into Pre-K classrooms in a way that feasibly distributes costs.” The per student cost was compared to a $7,924 cost per student based on state expenditure in PreK programs.
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Conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, this study found that despite natural disasters that reduced the number of instructional days by over 10%, students in Prek classrooms significantly outperformed students in highly similar comparison schools on measures of alphabetics and phonological awareness.
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Conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, this study observed that students in classrooms with PreK Reading Corps had significantly higher literacy scores on five separate literacy measures than students at highly similar comparison schools.
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