STUDENT IMPACT

Children’s Literacy Initiative wants to give Black and Latinx children the high-quality education they deserve by dismantling the White-dominant framework for early literacy instruction that continues to fail them. Our anti-racist, culturally sustaining early literacy instructional model will elevate the standard for what we provide Black and Latinx children as early literacy education, catalyzing systemic shifts in pedagogy and practice.

This past school year, CLI also achieved remarkable proof points as measured by child reading assessments pointing to the power of our new unified literacy model which integrates components of Science of Reading, Balanced Literacy, and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. The impact data below tells a powerful story about the effectiveness of our enriched approach.

See our impact and how we are transforming early education.

CLI's Unified Literacy Model 

Balanced Literacy 

Reading Science

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

Philadelphia: Impact Data (2021-22 school year)

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CLI advanced a 15-percentage point increase, on average, of the number of children per school performing at or above reading benchmarks between Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.

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96% of schools CLI served saw an increase in the percentage of children performing at or above reading benchmarks between Fall and Spring.

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CLI-served schools saw a 10-percentage point decrease on average of the percentage of children per school in the highest reading support tier between Fall and Spring.

Broward: Impact Data (2021-22 school year)

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20-25% gains in reading proficiency from the start to the finish of the school year

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On average, child reading outcomes were 5 points higher for schools receiving CLI support for teachers, than for non-CLI schools

Chicago: Direct Student Intervention Impact Data (2021-22 school year)

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Children receiving 30-minute supplemental reading instruction 4 days per week saw improvements in reading by 4 or more levels

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Up to 1.5 years of reading growth

#PackItUp Chicago

On Saturday, October 24, 2020, CLI hosted its very first #PackItUp community event in Chicago. Volunteers from the local community came to lend a hand in support of Chicago children and families by packing book bags with much-needed learn-from-home school supplies.
CLI believes that #ReadingEquals #Community. Our national community of teachers, coaches, district and school leaders, advocates, and donors are committed to improving instruction so that children can become powerful readers, writers and thinkers.
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Visit our blog for a recap of the #PackItUp Chicago event.

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