UPSTART Program Evaluation, Year 3

UPSTART is an in-home, technology-delivered kindergarten readiness program that gives preschool aged children individualized reading, math and science instruction with a focus on reading.

In Utah, UPSTART is publicly funded to help children prepare to enter kindergarten. As part of that program, the state requires an independent evaluation of UPSTART each year. Every year, an external evaluation conducted by the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI) has found UPSTART children showed significantly stronger learning rates on two well-known reading tests than children in a control group.

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UPSTART Program Evaluation, Year 4

UPSTART is an in-home, technology-delivered kindergarten readiness program that gives preschool aged children individualized reading, math and science instruction with a focus on reading.

In Utah, UPSTART is publicly funded to help children prepare to enter kindergarten. As part of that program, the state requires an independent evaluation of UPSTART each year. Every year, an external evaluation conducted by the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI) has found UPSTART children showed significantly stronger learning rates on two well-known reading tests than children in a control group.

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UPSTART Program Evaluation, Year 5

UPSTART is an in-home, technology-delivered kindergarten readiness program that gives preschool aged children individualized reading, math and science instruction with a focus on reading.

In Utah, UPSTART is publicly funded to help children prepare to enter kindergarten. As part of that program, the state requires an independent evaluation of UPSTART each year. Every year, an external evaluation conducted by the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI) has found UPSTART children showed significantly stronger learning rates on two well-known reading tests than children in a control group.

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Waterford Longitudinal Data: Lasting Results for Students

New research shows Waterford curriculum at the preschool level has positive longitudinal effects for children through 4th grade.

A recent independent study published by the Utah State Office of Education shows children who used Waterford UPSTART the year before kindergarten saw immediate positive gains and were still outperforming state averages on standardized tests in grades first through fourth across language arts, math and science.

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UPSTART Program Evaluation, Year 6

UPSTART is an in-home, technology-delivered kindergarten readiness program that gives preschool aged children individualized reading, math and science instruction with a focus on reading.

In Utah, UPSTART is publicly funded to help children prepare to enter kindergarten. As part of that program, the state requires an independent evaluation of UPSTART each year. Every year, an external evaluation conducted by the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI) has found UPSTART children showed significantly stronger learning rates on two well-known reading tests than children in a control group.

Download the latest research report below!