GLR WEEK: Technological Innovations and Summer Learning · - Nonprofit summer reading program founded in 2010 by Leib and Barb Lurie - Mission: Reverse the K -3 summer reading slide

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GLR WEEK: Technological Innovations

and Summer Learning @SummerLearning


Matthew Boulay, PhD Founder and CEO National Summer Learning Association

25 YEARS OF MAKING SUMMERS MATTER!


Making Test Scores Actionable For Students, Parents, and Teachers

CEO & Co-Founder, MetaMetrics Inc. Research Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill

Presenter Introduction Alison Marczuk Chief Operating Officer, Kids Read Now Top takeaway message on technology and summer learning: Research your end users and understand that continuous experimentation and evaluation are necessary to effectively serve them.

Rod Hsiao Founder & CEO


The Lexile Framework for Reading: Matching Students to Books

o Test Scores: • Over 30 million students in US receive a Lexile measure at least once a year • 65 Test publishers report Lexile measures • 20 states in 2018/2019 will report Lexile measures

o Books and Articles: • Hundreds of millions of articles and books have been measured

o www.Lexile.com o 38 state departments of education have partnered with us to promote summer reading

through our free recourses. • Find a Book (FAB)

Creates a personalized reading list based on interest and book match Connects to public libraries and Amazon

• PowerV™ Vocabulary Builds a personalized vocabulary list for each book

• Career and Growth Planner Documents growth towards grade level reading and college and career readiness

http://www.lexile.com/


- Nonprofit summer reading program founded in 2010 by Leib and Barb Lurie

- Mission: Reverse the K-3 summer reading slide

- Rapid expansion rapid organizational learning!

History & Mission

1,500 students

2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015

3,500 students

4,600 students

12,000 students

40,000 students

100,000? students

How It Works

KRN students gain

1-1.5 months of reading skills vs.

nonparticipants!

What Is InPlay?

A online solution for out-of-school time learning and scholarships

Our Nonprofit Mission: To connect low-income children and youth with out-of-school time programs to ignite their individual interests and talents.

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The InPlay Solution for Families

… with text-based scholarship matching

We combine filtered search and program aggregation…

Visit: www.inplay.org


What is Blueprint4Summer?

• 4th Year, FREE, Local • Easy access to fun and diverse summertime opportunities 4

families • Almost 350,000 unique searches in STL have been

conducted since launch in 2015 • 2017 added Blueprint4Summer College Prep for high

school students nationwide • 2018 added Denver, CO as first license expansion site • Created Maxine Clark founder of Build-A-Bear

http://blueprint4summer.com

Blueprint4Summer’s simple, mobile-first design makes it easy for parents to search and find best-fit summer programming on

any device!

Main Search Screen

Customizable Blueprint Calendar

Session Details

Search Results Screen

8,211,528

15,281,675

22,801,932 26,815,378

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2015 2016 2017 2018

Media Impressions

$7,500

$50,000

$75,000

$100,000

TBD- $125,000

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$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Scholarship Dollars by Year

1,343

2,576 2,345

1,283 2,076

4,995 4,453

2,559 2,864

6,396 5,578

3,102

3,963

6,891 6,308

4,066

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4,000

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8,000 Session Offerings by Age Group

2015 2016

3,545

6,323

7,816 8,830

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Session Offerings by Year

3-5 Year Olds 5-10 Year Olds 10-13 Year Olds 13-18 Year Olds

Blueprint4Summer’s Incredible Growth Over Time

BELL Summer • An immersive full-day

learning experience that combines academic instruction with enrichment, field trips, and service projects.

• Designed to help scholars gain new academic and social emotional skills and increase self-confidence to enter school in the fall ready to excel.

Expanded Access

Ease of Implementation

Small Groups, Big Results

It Takes a Village...and Books

●Students need both access to text and structured reading activities to make summer gains ●Technology can solve teacher talent gap ●Using personalization and algorithmic decision-making, we can make anyone an effective reading guide

Pilot & Results ●Summer 2017 Alpha: ○5 sites in CA & TX ○180 students ○Average student advanced 1.5

months in reading ○78% of students maintained or gained with a minimum of just 5 hours using the app

●Summer 2018 Beta: ○40 sites in CA, TX, KS, MD ○~1,000 students expected

NSLA NATIONAL CONFERENCE: SUMMER CHANGES EVERYTHING™