Future Forward is an early primary literacy program that pairs one-on-one tutoring with family engagement. Future Forward's approach is informed by both systems theory and a school-family-community partnership model. Future Forward understands that schools are not solely responsible for developing student literacy. Instead of viewing families and communities as barriers that need to be overcome, they are viewed as having untapped potential for contributing to student literacy development. In 2017, Future Forward was awarded an Education Innovation and Research Mid-phase grant to expand to 14 schools across three states. In 2019-20, the randomized control trial study was designed to examine the implementation and impact of one year of participation on the reading achievement and school attendance of 293 students assigned to Future Forward. Attrition was low, with only 20 of 587 study participants leaving the study. Implementation results suggested progress was made toward scaling Future Forward up to 14 schools. Nearly all students received tutoring as intended. However, family engagement implementation was less consistent between sites. In spring of 2020, schools shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, shortening the program and limiting the evaluation to only testing its impact on school attendance. Overall, Future Forward had a statistically significant positive impact on school attendance (1.4 percentage points). Its impact was greater with Black students (2.4 percentage points) and students who started the program with low school attendance (2.3 percentage points). Black students with low school attendance were particularly affected, improving by 3.6 percentage points. Possible explanations for the differential positive impact on Black students are discussed.