- Independently evaluated every year since 1998
How we know it works
Evaluating our impact and continuously improving our program are imperatives built into Team Read’s organizational DNA. Since 1998, we’ve hired independent evaluators to help us design and implement annual program reviews.
28
years of annual reviews
1998 – 2026
- How we measure
Two questions, asked every year
Did our second and third graders grow as readers? And did our teen coaches benefit? Everything we collect answers one of the two.
District academic reading assessment data
The same assessments schools already use tell us how far each second and third grader moved over the year.
Feedback from key program stakeholders
Reading coaches, referring teachers, principals, and parents of both readers and coaches tell us how kids feel about reading, not just how they score.
Surveys and focus groups
Help measure how our teen reading coaches have benefited: as readers, as leaders, and as first-time employees.
- How we measure
Every seat at the table
A reading session has more than two people invested in it. Our evaluators ask all of them.
01
Reading coaches
Teens on what they gained and what they’d change.
02
Referring teachers
The educators who recommend each reader.
03
Principals
Whether the program fits their school.
03
Parents of readers and coaches
What changed at home, for both kids.
- Impact At A Glance
What the evidence says
0
%
Principals
report Team Read is a high-quality program for their schools.
0
%
Parents of coaches
say Team Read gave their teen the chance to make a difference.
0
%
Families
agree that Team Read helped their child learn to read.
0
%
Student readers
who started the year below grade level made one or more grade levels of reading growth.
- Read the reports
Our results and our books, in the open
The evaluator’s highlights and our most recent IRS filing are available to anyone who wants to look.
Evaluation Highlights
Key findings from our independent evaluator.
IRS Form 990
Our most recent annual filing.
- Applications open · 2026–27