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In the News: Delaware’s Reading Assist reports it’s making gains with at-risk students in the First State

2025-07-23T13:42:41-04:00August 22nd, 2023|Blog, News|

Delaware Public Media - Delaware’s Reading Assist reports its making gains with at-risk students in the First State. The nonprofit emphasizes high dosage tutoring to at-risk kids across the First State through its school-year, summer, and after-school programs.

In the News: Reading Assist: 89% of kids gained reading skills this year

2024-11-07T04:40:40-05:00August 21st, 2023|Blog, News|

Delaware LIVE - A nonprofit focused on improving literacy rates says that 89% of the students it helped in the last year met standards for at least one early foundational reading skill. Reading Assist said that’s a nearly 20% improvement from the 2021-2022 school year, during which 70% of students reached at least one benchmark.

The Results are in: Reading Assist Marks Record Year Supporting 1,200 Students Across Delaware

2024-11-07T04:40:40-05:00August 21st, 2023|Blog, News|

89% of Students Reach Benchmarks in Foundational Reading Skills Wilmington, Delaware - It’s been another exciting year at Reading Assist, with almost 1,200 students served across three high-dosage tutoring programs. Reading Assist is proud to share its student performance results for the 2022-23 year, which includes data from its school-year, summer, and after-school programs. Based

Reading Assist Receives National Recognition with $1.3 Million AmeriCorps Grant Award for High-Impact Reading Tutoring Program

2024-11-07T04:40:40-05:00May 30th, 2023|Blog, News|

Funding will support 100 AmeriCorps members to serve across Delaware and fuel expansion to Pennsylvania  87% of Reading Assist Students Reach Benchmarks During 2022-23 School Year  New Castle, Delaware – Reading Assist, joined by Delaware Governor John Carney, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith, and Delaware Department of Education Secretary Mark Holodick,

In the News: Delaware is 1 of 5 states to get $1 million for tutoring in schools

2024-11-07T04:40:40-05:00May 1st, 2023|Blog, News|

One nonprofit selected five states to receive $1 million. Delaware is one of them. "We are grateful for this recognition and the grant, which will allow us to partner with Reading Assist to support high-dosage reading tutoring across Delaware starting this summer," said Secretary of Education Mark Holodick in a statement. "Helping students become strong

In the News: ‘Band-Aid over a bullet wound’: Should schools use Covid aid to fix crumbling facilities?

2024-11-07T04:40:40-05:00March 8th, 2023|Blog, News|

NBC Nightly News - Former Reading Assist student Chase Luoma was featured in this NBC Nightly News story about use of Covid funding for tutoring services. "Colonial School District split most of its $30 million American Rescue Plan investment between air quality improvements and educational programs, like Reading Assist: a one-on-one tutoring service that aids

In the News: One organization assists Delaware students in recovering from pandemic

2025-07-23T13:43:32-04:00August 23rd, 2022|Blog, News|

Delaware Public Media -- Reading Assist is helping young Delaware students recover learning loss as a result of the pandemic. This past school year was an especially successful year. Assessments of almost 600 of their students in kindergarten to third grade found 70% reached benchmarks in early foundational reading skills.

Reading Assist Helps More Than 1,000 Students in Delaware Recover Learning Loss

2024-11-07T04:40:41-05:00August 22nd, 2022|Blog, News|

Reading Assist Helps More Than 1,000 Students in Delaware Recover Learning Loss  Students Outpace Expected Reading Progress by 200% The data is in, and Reading Assist students had another record year. Reading Assist is proud to share its student performance results for the 2021-22 year, which now includes a full 12 months of high-dosage tutoring

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