Part 1: Our Research Design Utah Preparing Students Today for a Rewarding Tomorrow (UPSTART) is an in-home interactive computer-based pre-school program created by the Waterford Institute using Waterford Early Learning software. The program contains two strands of curriculum for early learners: reading (phonological awareness, comprehension/vocabulary, and language concepts) and math/science (numbers and operation, measurement, and earth and life sciences). In 2014, the Water