Future Forward

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

Future Forward is a branded early-literacy tutoring and family-engagement programme implemented by participating schools and sites for struggling students in kindergarten through grade 3.

Components

• Future Forward literacy program model: Future Forward is an early elementary literacy program administered by Education Analytics that "leverages community agencies and combines one-on-one intensive tutoring with parent engagement to promote students’ literacy development both at school and at home." Within sites, a site manager (typically a certified teacher) oversees tutoring by paraprofessionals or volunteers, and a family engagement coordinator handles family outreach including monthly family events. Students participate for one school year with a minimum of two 30-minute tutoring sessions per week and at least two family contacts per month. (Curtis J. Jones et al. (2021))

Claims

• The family engagement component of Future Forward did not fully scale up, with only about 30% of families receiving intended contacts [-W] — (also cited [~W])
• Prior randomized studies of Future Forward/SPARK met WWC standards Without Reservations and found positive impacts on literacy and attendance [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• Future Forward: Evidence Rating Strong program description. (2022). https://www.evidenceforlearners.org/future-forward
• Curtis J. Jones and DongMei Li, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (2021). Testing the Impact and Scalability of the Future Forward Literacy Program. https://uwm.edu/sreed
• Jones, C. J., & Li, D. (2021). Testing the Impact and Scalability of the Future Forward Literacy Program. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. https://uwm.edu/sreed

Page metadata

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title	Future Forward
description	Future Forward is a branded early-literacy tutoring and family-engagement programme implemented by participating schools and sites for struggling students in kindergarten through grade 3.
status	review
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product_kind	programme
generated	by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10
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sources	3 — future-forward-evidence-rating-strong-program-description-2022, curtis-j-jones-and-dongmei-li-2021, jones-2021

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