Launch across schools
Give campuses a common instructional model while adapting schedules and staffing to each school’s day.
Once for districts
Scale one-to-one reading instruction with the staff already in your schools
Once provides the scripted lessons, training, weekly video coaching, and progress visibility district teams need to deliver consistent early reading intervention across schools.
A practical district model
15minutes a day
of focused, one-to-one reading instruction for each participating student.
Launch with the staff already inside your schools, then support consistent delivery with scripted lessons, coaching, and implementation data.
Designed for district implementation
One model your schools can launch and sustain
Set a consistent standard
Scripted lessons, training, and weekly coaching help instructors deliver the same high-quality sequence across the district.
See implementation clearly
Track attendance, pacing, reading progress, and oral reading fluency across participating schools.
Use the capacity you already have
Turn school support staff into confident reading instructors
Once trains paraprofessionals and other school-based support staff to deliver explicit one-to-one lessons. Fully scripted curriculum and weekly video coaching reduce the burden on classroom teachers while giving participating students focused daily instruction.
Results district leaders expanded
What happens when districts build one-to-one reading capacity
Louisiana case study
Tangipahoa Parish School System
24% → 66%
kindergarten DIBELS proficiency after one school year
“The teachers, the Once instructors, the principals were just pleasantly surprised at the results of just one year with Once—which is why we decided to extend that into the first grade.”
Indiana case study
Goshen Community Schools
~2×
growth compared with students who did not receive Once
“Our kids in Once grew almost twice as fast as kids that did not receive Once. That was the number one reason why we have it in every school now.”
District implementation support
The structure your schools need to make it work
Your team sets the district strategy. Once supports each school through launch, instruction, coaching, and progress review.
Launch support
Scheduling, onboarding, and implementation support help school teams start without adding lesson planning for teachers.
Scripted curriculum
A Science of Reading-aligned sequence gives instructors clear language and a clear next step in every lesson.
Training and coaching
Hands-on training and weekly video coaching help school-based instructors improve throughout the year.
District-level visibility
Monitor participation, student pacing, reading progress, and oral reading fluency across your implementation.
Flagship evidence
0.46SD effect
Significant growth in kindergarten reading
For below-median kindergarten students who completed 80+ Once sessions in LXD Research's 2024–25 FastBridge quasi-experimental study. Statistically significant at p<0.001.
Explore the evidence4
Complete
ESSA Tier 3 studies
1
Complete
ESSA Tier 2 study
1
In progress
ESSA Tier 1 study
Included with every implementation
Efficacy research included
Once sees every school and district as a research partner. Get efficacy data about your implementation at no additional cost—and help build a clearer picture of what works in early literacy.
Implementation-specific data
Understand student progress within your own Once implementation.
Included from the start
Efficacy research support is provided at no additional cost.
A growing evidence base
Help strengthen what schools know about effective early literacy instruction.
20%
of outsourced tutoring
District affordability
Expand one-to-one support without outsourcing the workforce
Because Once instructors are existing school support staff, Once costs roughly 20% as much as typical high-dosage tutoring programs.
A phased district rollout
Start with targeted support, then expand with evidence
Begin with a focused Tier 2 or Tier 3 cohort at a small number of schools. Review implementation and student progress, then expand to more campuses, grades, or Tier 1 kindergarten instruction when the model proves itself in your district.
Other district delivery models
Need more instructional capacity?
When school-based staffing differs across campuses, districts can add other ways to deliver the same focused early reading instruction.
Once CTE
Build a tutoring workforce by training high school CTE students to support younger readers, with coaching and progress tracking.
Explore Once CTEOnce at Home (School-Managed)
Give families district-funded access to Once at Home so parents can lead short, structured reading lessons.
Explore the school-managed modelFor eight years I've been talking about proficiency in reading. To have found something that's really changing kids' lives — not just their life, but the generation after them — I hope my legacy is that we built a really good foundational support for early intervention.
Superintendent, Tangipahoa Parish School System
Plan a district rollout
Ready to explore Once across your district?
Tell us about your schools, staffing model, and early literacy priorities. Our partnerships team will follow up with implementation options and next steps.