Reading Assist
Reading Assist provides intensive services for young, at-risk children with the most significant reading challenges so that they achieve reading progress and proficiency.
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About Reading Assist
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.
About Us:
Reading Assist is dedicated to providing high-impact literacy tutoring year-round for at-risk children in kindergarten through third grade across Delaware, Chester, PA, and Washington, D.C. We help children with significant reading challenges, empowering them with the skills to reach grade-level proficiency.
Our Impact:
Reading Assist is dedicated to providing high-impact literacy tutoring year-round for at-risk children in kindergarten through third grade across Delaware, Chester, PA, and Washington, D.C. We help children with significant reading challenges, empowering them with the skills to reach grade-level proficiency.
Our Impact:
- We partner with schools serving high proportions of students of color, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners.
- Our Reading Assist Fellows provide one-on-one or small group tutoring for students in the lowest 25% of reading proficiency.
- Through daily, 30-40 minute sessions, our students show significant progress, moving from minimal proficiency to mastery of essential reading benchmarks within a school year.
Beyond the Classroom:
In addition to our core school-year program, we offer:
In addition to our core school-year program, we offer:
- After-school tutoring (launched in the 2022-23 school year)
- Summer tutoring (now in its 4th year)
These programs ensure that students receive continuous support throughout the year.
Proven Success:
Proven Success:
- At least 85% of our students reach grade-level reading benchmarks each year.
- In the 2023-24 school year, 90% of students reached benchmark levels in at least one foundational reading skill, with 75% of kindergarteners meeting grade-level benchmarks.
How Your Support Makes a Difference:
This Do More 24, you can help us provide essential resources that directly support our students’ progress:
- $25 – Provides 4 whiteboards for student lessons
- $50 – Supplies grapheme sound decks for 20 tutors
- $100 – Purchases workbooks for 10 students
- $250 – Buys 1 iPad for conducting weekly reading assessments
Donate today and help ensure every child gets the literacy support they need to succeed. Your gift can make a world of difference in their lives.
County Served: Kent; New Castle; Sussex
Office Location(s): Bear; Claymont; Dover; Elsmere; Hockessin; Middletown; Newark; New Castle; Seaford; Townsend; Wilmington
Sector: Education; Kids; Literacy
