Mainstream Development Educational Group (Mainstream) has provided direct service to Title I eligible students in large urban districts since 2004. The direct services provided to these students have followed the Mainstream Model, which begins with a partnership between Mainstream and each school. The model requires that services be tailored to the unique needs of the school and that – whenever possible – Mainstream hire day school staff to deliver the extended day services. These two core principles have been instrumental to Mainstream’s success.
At the individual student level, Mainstream has delivered successful outcomes. Of all students served (more than 26,000 nationwide), 68% demonstrated gains in reading, and 81% demonstrated improvement in math.
- Students in kindergarten through grade 3 showed the greatest gains, with100% improving from pre- to post-test in both reading and math
- Mainstream’s students in grades 4 through 6 demonstrated gains in reading: 43% of 4th graders, 50% of 5th graders, and 60% of 6th graders improved. Gains in math were higher for 4th and 5th grades: 86% and 83% respectively. And, 60% of 6th graders improved
- Students in grades 7 through 9 demonstrated higher rates of improvement in reading. For this population, 72% of 7th graders, 77% of 8th graders, and 67% of 9th graders improved from pre- to post-test. In math, 57% of 7th graders, 58% of 8th graders, and 63% of 9th graders showed improvement
- Reading score improvements were impressive among 10th and 11th grade students: 84% and 81% improvement respectively. Among 12th graders, 68% showed post-test gains in reading; however, 19% of 12th graders had scores of 85% or higher at pre-test, and their scores remained the same at post-test. Improvement in math scores was most pronounced among high school students: 95% of 10th graders, 85% of 11th graders, and 84% of 12th graders
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SkillSet Coaching Results
- 50% of the teachers who used SkillSet with integrity saw student growth shift an average of 82%
- 25% of the teachers using only some SkillSet strategies saw 72% growth in student reading skills when exposed to informational text
- 25% of the teachers who did not implement SkillSet strategies saw only a 30% growth in student reading skills