Results

Our Impact

Heads Up improves students’ reading skills.

Heads Up students reached reading proficiency at twice the rate of other students in the same schools (No Child Left Behind data, 2003-2005).
On standardized test scores, students enrolled in Heads Up improved reading scores at a rate faster than other students [Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) test, 2005-2006].
At the beginning of the school year, only 15% of Heads Up students scored at grade level on a key indicator of reading proficiency. By the end of the school year, 77% had achieved grade level (DIBELS data, 2005-2006).

Heads Up contributes to school success.

Schools with the Heads Up program increased reading proficiency at double the rate of other elementary schools in D.C., despite the fact that they started at a significantly lower point (No Child Left Behind data, 2003-2005).

Families love learning at Heads Up.

A survey of students and parents in the Heads Up program found that 88% of students felt safe in the Heads Up program (June 2006 survey).
90% of students said Heads Up helped them see how doing well in school can help them later, and 92% said that, because of Heads Up, they want to go as far as possible in school (June 2006 survey).
When asked if Heads Up improved their child’s reading skills, 100% of parents said it did and that they would recommend the program to other parents (June 2006 survey).