K–12 math & ELA High-Impact Tutoring
Experienced tutors help students explain ideas, ask questions, and use what they learn.
Small-group school programs. One-to-one support for your child.
Hear directly from students and educators at Place Bridge Academy.
Explore the school experience ↗Our mission
Building conceptual understanding,
one engaged learner at a time.
That moment when a new idea starts to make sense. We help students build understanding they can carry into the next problem, passage, or conversation.
Recognized by NSSA
Cignition’s documented design aligns with the core characteristics of high-impact tutoring.
Explore the recognition ↗The Cignition difference
The people, instruction, support, and information around a session matter. Our program brings them together around the students being served.
People who connect
Tutors are chosen for demonstrated teaching ability, communication, and readiness to lead a productive virtual session. Consistent relationships give students space to ask questions and make their thinking visible.
Instruction with purpose
Questions, explanations, visual models, discussion, and purposeful practice help students connect ideas. Math and ELA instruction address identified needs while supporting meaningful grade-level learning.
Support around the session
School programs are planned with partners around learners, schedules, access, and local responsibilities. Cignition’s program team stays connected as sessions begin and practical needs emerge.
Information you can use
Attendance, participation, student work, and learning progress add context while a program is running. School knowledge and tutoring information help teams discuss what to continue, address, or adjust.
Start with the students
For schools & districts
Live, small-group math and ELA tutoring, configured around your students, academic priorities, and school day.
For families
Live, one-to-one math and ELA tutoring with an experienced tutor who gets to know your child.
A free first 30-minute session.
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Evidence across programs
Learning, participation, and implementation tell different parts of the story. Explore results from named programs and the measures behind them.
Foundational literacy · Ohio
17.8 months
Progress through the program’s phonics-based reading levels, expressed in months. The reported growth occurred alongside schools’ core instruction and is a program-aligned estimate, rather than a state-test result.
K–5 foundational literacy program · 2023–24
Explore the literacy results ↗Another view of progress
44.6%Ohio statewide program · 2024–25. Based on Cignition’s mastery checks, with baseline and final assessments.
See the Ohio program ↗Different measures answer different questions. These results are separate program findings, not a pooled average or a prediction for a new student.
Student voice · Ohio literacy
92.6%
Students responded to four questions about tutor relationships, collaboration, understanding, and perseverance. Positive means “strongly agree” or “somewhat agree.”
Ohio K–5 foundational literacy program · 2023–24
Explore the literacy experience ↗A student-level view · Denver
89.7%Denver Public Schools · Grades 3–9 math · 2022–23. The benchmark was an average of at least 90% positive responses across the four survey questions.
Read the Denver experience ↗Survey results describe students’ reported experience. They do not measure achievement gains or state-test proficiency. The two percentages have different denominators.
Consistent participation · Overland Trail
85.0%
Overland Trail Middle School · Math · Two-year implementation
See how the program evolved ↗A partnership in practice
95%Weekly conversations gave school teams and Cignition space to review data and align instruction with classroom learning.
Read the implementation story ↗Denver · 2022–23. Implementation indicators describe how these programs ran; they do not establish a companywide success rate.
Separate fifth-grade fractions studies found statistically significant learning gains. Explore the specific interventions and study conditions.
Review the research ↗Awards & recognition
In their words
A student joining the conversation. A question asked with more confidence. A partner seeing the work take shape.
A school perspective · Meaningful participation
“Students have enjoyed interacting with their virtual Cignition tutors and engaging collaboratively in meaningful mathematics with their peers.”
A parent perspective · Learning & conversation
“My kids are using stronger vocabulary and they are talking more about what they learn and how they find it fascinating.”
Ohio partnership · Confidence in learning
“A seventh grader said she was excited to take the reading diagnostic because she felt she was going to do really well, thanks to what she was learning in tutoring with Cignition. She grew 100 points from fall to winter, which was the encouragement she needed to continue her positive growth mindset.”
Implementation partnership
“Cignition has been so responsive and it has actually been a PARTNERSHIP. Everyone has been seeking to improve.”
Student ownership
“We continuously look forward to seeing the growth in students over time and working within the classroom with staff and students to push students to own their learning and see themselves as mathematicians.”
Curriculum alignment
“Cignition has been open to growing their program as interest increases and is conscientious in their alignment to our district’s curriculum and assessments.”
A parent perspective · Explaining their thinking
“[My children] are now able to clearly explain the work they’ve completed without any difficulty.”
A parent perspective · Looking forward to learning
“My daughter loves her Tutor Izabel and she is always eager to join the class to learn more from her tutor.”
Keep exploring
New partnerships, program updates, and practical perspectives on learning.
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