Our Impact

The Need

The Big Lift was founded in the belief that all students should be supported to read proficiently by the end of third grade

In San Mateo County, too many students–especially students from low-income families, who are disproportionately students of color–are currently not meeting this critical benchmark.

of the county’s third graders cannot read proficiently
0 %
of third graders from low-income families cannot read proficiently
0 %

Our Impact

Through our partnerships with school districts, funding to support aligned literacy instruction, and supports for educators and families, we aim to increase the percentage of students reading proficiently by the end of third grade.

8

school district partners

900

students in The Big Lift’s partner preschools

7,400

students in The Big Lift’s partner TK-3 classrooms

Reports

The Big Lift is committed to measuring our impact and using data to inform our improvement efforts. Evaluations of our programs and other reports can be found below.