This reality is staggering on its own, but even more so when you consider the implications. According to the Department of Justice:

• The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure. Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.
• 85% of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally low literate.

Schools that implement the SFA model transform into vibrant, high-achieving learning communities that work for every child and experience outcomes that look like this:

• Measurable improvements in literacy rates within the first year.
• Empowered, supported teachers who feel equipped to teach reading effectively.
• Engaged parents and a school community working together to promote literacy.
• A positive, sustained shift in school culture focused on continuous improvement.

Our Proven Results

• Schools that implement the Success for All model cut the achievement gap in half.
• Students in schools that implement SFA were a full grade ahead of students in similar schools by the fifth grade–and that acceleration was maintained through middle school.
• SFA schools have fewer students assigned to special education.
• Students in the SFA tutoring program advanced 1.5 years in reading levels over nine months.
• Schools that implement the SFA model have fewer students repeating grades.
• English language learners in schools that implement SFA experience substantial increases in reading levels.