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Reading Assist

High-Impact Tutoring Characteristics

Reading Assist has earned the National Student Support Accelerator (NSSA) Tutoring Program Design Badge. This program has shared documented evidence that their program design fulfills the research-backed core characteristics of high-impact tutoring.

Please see Tutoring Program Design Badge  for more details about how a program earns the Badge and the Tutoring Quality Standards for more information on all high-impact tutoring characteristics.

Organization and Contact

Organization Type
Nonprofit
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Wilmington, DE
Contact Name
Judith Graham Kane
Contact Email
jkane@readingassist.org

Program Overview

Mission

Reading Assist provides intensive services for young, at-risk children with the most significant reading challenges so that they achieve reading progress and proficiency.

Program Description

 Reading Assist is a nonprofit organization that provides year-round high-dosage tutoring services to children across Delaware and Pennsylvania with the most significant reading challenges, prioritizing support to low-income students, students of color, and English Language Learners. Since its inception, Reading Assist has helped thousands of readers acquire critical reading skills, changing the trajectory of these learners' lives. To empower students to reach reading proficiency, Reading Assist recruits and trains tutors in its accredited intervention program, equipping them with the skills needed to enhance student literacy in Delaware's and Pennsylvania’s most underserved schools.

Reading Assist tutors work with students performing in the lowest 25% of their peers in reading. School-year tutors consistently bring over 80% of their students to benchmark in early measures of reading ability, such as first sound fluency. 

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Year Started
1989
States of Operation
Delaware,
Pennsylvania
Operation Locations
Wilmington, New Castle, Newark, Bear, Townsend, Middletown, Dover, Seaford, Chester

Students and Offerings

Most recent number of students served
1,000-4,999
Grade Levels
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Subject Offered
Reading
Languages Offered
English

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
In-Person,
Virtual
Setting
During School,
Out of School
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1,1:2
Number of Weeks Per Program
20-38 weeks
Number of Sessions Per Week
Three days per week, Five days per week
Number of Minutes Per Session
30-45 minutes
Type of Tutor
Americorp Fellow
Race/Ethnicity breakdown of tutors
American Indian or Alaska Native 2%, Asian 2%, Black or African American 39%, Hispanic or Latino 11%, and White 46%.
Does your program engage with parents?
No

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
District, Nonprofit, Parent, School, and Student.
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
$2,400-$2999

Research Evidence

Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
No
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
No