Beginning with two schools and 28 students, Read Better Be Better has grown to impact 99 schools and over 7,600 students.
The only after-school program to partner young Readers with youth Leaders, students who graduate from the RBBB program see gains in reading comprehension, confidence, enjoyment of reading, leadership, and critical thinking. In the Fall 2019 semester, RBBB students showed 16% more growth on reading comprehension tests than their non-participating classmates.
Better yet, 88% of Readers reported that they were getting better at reading than before they were in RBBB and 87% of Leaders reported that they have what it takes to be a good leader after participating in RBBB.