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What is OnYourMark and how effective is its early literacy tutoring program?

An overview of OnYourMark’s mission, approach, and proven impact in early literacy tutoring.

OnYourMark Overview

What is OnYourMark (OYM)?

OnYourMark Education is a high-impact virtual literacy tutoring service for early elementary students, providing individualized early literacy foundational skill instruction grounded in the science of reading. We partner with schools as a supplement to the literacy instruction already in place to ensure students get the foundational reading skills they need to excel! Tutoring takes place four days a week for 20 minutes each session. 

What is OYM’s mission? 

OnYourMark exists to ensure that the students we serve learn to read by 3rd grade. We also believe that spreading an understanding of the science of how children learn to read can be transformative for tutors, teachers, children, and families. Getting foundational literacy skills right in K-2 will support children to read on grade level and diminish the need for schools to remediate at their current levels.

What are OYM’s results?

Our results to date have received national attention. OnYourMark tutoring is worth the investment because it actually works.

    • Tutored students reading on grade level increased by 23% across the year.
    • 41% of tutored students demonstrated above average or well above average composite DIBELS growth.

The first randomly controlled trial (RCT) of a virtual early literacy tutoring program, conducted by the National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) at Stanford University in October 2023, found that:

    • OYM tutoring provided 24 extra days of learning in letter sounds for kindergarteners and 51 extra days in word decoding for first graders.
    • Students assigned to receive OYM tutoring improved significantly more than students assigned to the business-as-usual control group.

Who is leading OYM? 

Get to know the heart behind OnYourMark. In this short video, our CEO shares the mission, vision, and values that drive our work—and why ensuring every child learns to read is so essential.

Whether you’re a district leader, campus facilitator, or classroom teacher, this video offers a personal look at why your partnership matters and how OnYourMark is committed to student success.