On Your Mark Education
| Grade Levels | Group Size | Tutor Type | Qualifying Studies | Effect Size |
| 1 | 1:1, 1:2 | Virtual External Staff | 1 | +0.16 |
Contact Info
partners@onyourmarkeducation.org
| Groups Studied | |
|---|---|
| Black | |
| Hispanic | |
| White | |
| Asian American | |
| English Learners | |
| Free and Reduced Lunch |
| Communities Studied | |
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| Urban | |
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Program Description
OnYourMark Education provides virtual, individualized, high-dosage instruction focused on building foundational early literacy skills. The program utilizes high-quality curricula informed by the science of reading that centers on key literacy skills such as phonics, phonological awareness, and fluency. A consistent, trained tutor delivers the virtual tutoring 20 minutes daily, four times a week, during the school day. OnYourMark’s goal is to ensure students develop foundational literacy skills to achieve grade-level reading proficiency by 3rd grade.
Tutors
Tutors who contract with OnYourMark are passionate about working with children and helping them reach their literary goals. Tutors come from a diverse background, including freelancers, college students, retired and current educators. Equipped to provide structured, researched-backed literacy support, all tutors also undergo thorough background checks to ensure a safe and supportive learning environment for students.
Students
Students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 literacy interventions and support.
Technology
The program is delivered virtually and requires a computer with a reliable internet connection and headphones.
Curriculum
A trained tutor remotely delivers a literacy curriculum focused on phonics, phonemic awareness, and fluency. Amplify’s Class Intervention is one of the main curricula.
Assessments and Progress Monitoring
OnYourMark leverages continuous assessment data in the form of bi-weekly progress monitoring. These are shorter, formative assessments that are aligned to the benchmark measures and enable tutors to adapt instruction and provide real-time feedback to teachers about a student’s progress. If progress monitoring indicates a student has surpassed grade-level on their target skill, tutors are able to create new lesson sprints for the student’s next target skill. Additional measures of performance include beginning, middle, and end-of-year Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS) composite scores and end-of-year scores on the NWEA MAP Reading Fluency assessment.
Program Operation
Students in need of additional support are typically selected for the OnYourMark program in partnership with the school based on the DIBELS assessment and other school data. Students use individual devices to meet virtually 1:1 or 1:2 with a consistent tutor four times a week for twenty-minute sessions in the classroom. Tutors prepare scripted curriculum to provide instruction that is customized to meet individual students’ needs.
Professional Development
Initial tutoring training and ongoing professional development focus on content knowledge, building relationships, and effective delivery of the intervention. Pre-service training for new tutors is about 20 hours while returning tutors engage in about 4 hours of pre-service training. Additional ongoing professional learning sessions and one-on-one or small group tutoring coaching sessions are required throughout the year.
Costs
1:1 model is approximately $2500 per seat for 20 weeks
1:2 model is approximately $1600 per seat for 20 weeks
Program Outcomes
Two randomized controlled trials examined OnYourMark’s effects on early literacy outcomes, together enrolling over 3,500 K-2 students across 22 Texas elementary schools. Both studies found positive effects on DIBELS assessments, with statistically significant results consistently concentrated in first grade. The first study found a first-grade effect size of +0.20 for one-on-one tutoring. The second study focused on two-on-one tutoring and found a first-grade effect size of +0.13. Effects for kindergarten and second-grade students were positive but did not reach statistical significance in either study. The weighted average effect size for first grade across both configurations is +0.16.
Key Studies
Robinson, C. D., Pollard, C., Novicoff, S., White, S., & Loeb, S. (2024). The effects of virtual tutoring on young readers: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 01623737241288845. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737241288845