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High-Impact Tutoring Characteristics

Reading Corps 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
Website Address
https://readingandmath.org/programs/reading-corps/
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact Name
Lindsay Dolce
Contact Email
Lindsay.Dolce@ampact.us

Program Overview

Mission

All children will become proficient readers by third grade, to have the skills they need to thrive in school and life.

Mission
All children will become proficient readers by third grade, to have the skills they need to thrive in school and life.
Program Description

Reading Corps combines the people power of AmeriCorps and the science of how children learn to read. Trained AmeriCorps members are placed in early learning centers and elementary schools statewide to serve as literacy tutors for children from age 3 to grade 3. Tutors work with children one-on-one and in small groups daily, providing literacy interventions that are tailored to each learner's needs.

Affiliate Programs:  

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Other
Other type of service

Intensive reading tutoring.

Year Started
2003
States of Operation
California,
Colorado,
Florida,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Iowa,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
New York,
North Dakota,
Wisconsin

Students and Offerings

Most recent number of students served
375,000
Grade Levels
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Subject Offered
Reading
Languages Offered
English

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
In-Person
Setting
During School
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1
Number of Weeks Per Program
16
Number of Sessions Per Week
5
Number of Minutes Per Session
20
Type of Tutor
Paraprofessional
Percentage of tutors who can speak a language other than English
English only = 87%, Spanish = 8%, French = 2%, Somali = 1%, Hmong = 1%, German = 1%
Race/Ethnicity breakdown of tutors
Hispanic or Latino 11 %, American Indian or Alaska Native 1%, Asian 4%, Black or African American 20%, White 57%, Unknown 2%, Multiracial 5%
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement Description

Program tutors send home literacy activities that complement and extend in-school tutoring activities.

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
School
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
Free