Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗Arizona · Schools & districts
High-dosage tutoring for Arizona schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Connect Arizona’s early reading goals, targeted math support, and ninth-grade success priorities with focused instruction and a plan your school can put into practice.
Cignition is not on Arizona’s current State Tutoring Fund approved-provider list. Other locally funded plans require their own eligibility review.
A closer look at Arizona
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What Arizona is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
Early literacy with a clear intervention plan. Targeted math support. A stronger transition into high school.
Official sources checked November 4, 2026
01Early reading, with a clear intervention plan.
Arizona’s emphasis
Move On When Reading connects K–3 literacy plans with early screening, evidence-based reading instruction, intervention, and progress monitoring.
The Cignition connection
Focus additional instruction on the specific reading skills students need, coordinate with the school’s literacy plan, and use progress information to guide the next step. Tutoring should supplement core instruction.
02Math support that responds to need.
Arizona’s emphasis
ADE’s 2026 partnership with ASU emphasizes math improvement and support for high-need and rural schools, including school-day high-dose math tutoring.
The Cignition connection
Use student work and assessment information to identify a focused math goal, then build understanding through discussion, representations, and explanation. Cignition’s virtual program is separate from the ADE–ASU initiative.
03A stronger start to high school.
Arizona’s emphasis
The Ninth Grade On Track program emphasizes ninth-grade success teams, proactive data-driven intervention, effective instruction, and transition support.
The Cignition connection
Target math or ELA learning needs early, coordinate with the school team, and adjust support as students’ needs change. Tutoring can be one part of a broader ninth-grade success plan; it does not replace the program’s required supports or lead partner.
Our curriculum. Your instructional goals.
From a learning target
to student thinking.
Start with the skill your students need next. Connect the learning goal, the task, and the explanation that shows how a student is thinking.
The Arizona connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
Arizona’s emphasis on early literacy, targeted math support, and ninth-grade success provides context for reviewing this sample. Examine how a learner explains an interpretation and supports it with evidence.
Compare the task and prerequisites with your classroom sequence and student work.
Explore a sample lesson
High school ELA
ELA · 9–12 sample. Open the student lesson to examine the tasks for yourself.
Open the high school ELA sample ↗
What should we look for?
Consider how a learner explains an interpretation and supports it with evidence. Which responses would help your team decide what the student understands and what to teach next?
How would this connect with our curriculum?
Compare the learning goal, task, language, and prerequisites with your classroom materials. Your school’s learning sequence and the students’ starting points guide that discussion.
How should we use this example?
This grade-band sample illustrates selected instruction. It has not been customized for Arizona and is not a comprehensive state standards alignment. For a specific alignment question, share the standard and classroom materials with our team.
Inside a school partnership
A shared plan.
People to keep
it moving.
Cignition brings live virtual instruction, purpose-built lessons, a dedicated program manager, and participation and learning information. For example, an Arizona school could give ninth-grade students recurring ELA support connected to the texts and learning needs their teachers identify. Your school provides protected time, technology, and local support. This is a planning illustration; service eligibility and the agreed scope shape any partnership.
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Turn the instructional need into a workable plan.
Your school team
Identify the students and reading or math goals, share classroom and screening information, and protect recurring time. Your team names an onsite contact and checks devices, connectivity, and the proposed use of school funds.
The Cignition team
Your program manager coordinates planning with your school. Cignition prepares tutor assignments, small groups, instructional materials, and launch arrangements around your Arizona school’s early literacy, targeted math support, and ninth-grade success.
Keep the session focused and students connected.
Your school team
Help students join on time, maintain a supervised learning space, and support participation or connection issues. Classroom teachers continue core instruction; tutoring provides additional targeted learning time.
The Cignition team
Experienced, carefully vetted tutors lead live virtual instruction using Cignition’s purpose-built curriculum, questions, models, and discussion. They respond to student work and record attendance, participation, and learning information.
Use the information. Keep the conversation going.
Your school team
Share classroom observations and school assessment context, review participation with your onsite contact, and identify questions about student learning or the routine.
The Cignition team
Your program manager shares participation and learning information and coordinates follow-up. Cignition’s instructional and implementation teams use that information with your school to consider grouping, learning targets, or scheduling adjustments.
Arizona funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Explore federal awards, Move On When Reading funds, and state-administered grants. Separate flexible local planning from closed competitions and restricted provider lists.
Selected federal funding for Arizona
FY 2026 · Published statewide awards
Title II, Part A
Educator effectiveness and instructional capacity.
View funding source ↗Title III, Part A
English-language acquisition and support for English learners.
View funding source ↗21st Century Community Learning Centers
Academic enrichment during non-school hours.
View funding source ↗Read the ARIZONA row and Fiscal Year 2026 column in each federal award table. Links highlight the row in supporting browsers. These statewide allocations are not unspent funds or a dedicated tutoring budget. Allowable uses differ. Title II supports educator capacity, not general tutoring services. Confirm your district’s available balance and approved use with its program lead.
Arizona budgets and grant pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Supplemental support
through your school plan
District-controlled award · Approved use required
Who / what it supports
Title I-A supports students most at risk of not meeting state standards. Arizona schools operate schoolwide or targeted-assistance programs with different planning and student eligibility requirements.
Where tutoring could fit
Review recurring math or ELA tutoring against the school’s approved program, student needs, instructional evidence, and available budget.
Practical next step: Ask your federal programs lead to confirm student eligibility, supplement-not-supplant requirements, and purchasing steps.
Review Arizona’s Title I guidance ↗Move On When Reading
starts with the literacy plan
State K–3 literacy funds · Plan approval required
Who / what it supports
Arizona districts and charter schools serving K–3 submit literacy plans covering reading instruction, screening, intervention, progress monitoring, professional development, and spending.
Where tutoring could fit
Consider supplemental reading instruction within the approved literacy plan. Materials and programs must meet Arizona’s applicable evidence requirements; Cignition eligibility is not automatic.
Practical next step: Coordinate with your MOWR lead before budgeting. These are K–3 literacy funds, not a general K–12 math or tutoring allocation.
Review MOWR requirements ↗Learning beyond
the school day
FY 2027 Cohort 2 · Applications closed October 13, 2026
Who / what it supports
Site-specific awards support out-of-school academic enrichment and family learning. Qualifying school sites must meet Arizona’s Title I eligibility threshold of at least 40% low-income students.
Where tutoring could fit
An existing grantee may consider academic tutoring within its approved program and budget. The closed competition is not an open grant available to every school.
Practical next step: Check your site’s award, allowable services, and any required amendment. Watch ADE for future application rounds.
View Arizona’s application details ↗A separate, restricted
provider pathway
D/F schools · Provider list closed to new applicants
Who / what it supports
Arizona’s State Tutoring Fund serves students in D- and F-rated schools through ADE-approved contracted providers. Schools need an allocation and purchase order before services begin.
What to know about Cignition
Cignition is not on the current approved-provider list. Schools should not treat this fund as an available way to purchase Cignition under the present list.
Practical next step: Review the current fund rules and approved providers with ADE. Other district-controlled funds have their own eligibility and procurement requirements.
Review the fund and provider list ↗Arizona · Program fit & purchasing
Start with fit.
Confirm the requirements.
Start with the students, learning goals, and requirements of the proposed funding source. Review the instructional evidence, tutor qualifications, student privacy, and reporting with your school team. Cignition is not on Arizona’s current State Tutoring Fund approved-provider list. That fund is a separate purchasing pathway from other district-controlled funds; confirm local procurement and program eligibility before contracting.
A few useful questions
What would you like to work through?
Start here, then bring the questions specific to your students and school.
How would tutoring connect with Arizona learning goals?
Cignition uses its own purpose-built math and ELA curriculum. Start with your Arizona school’s early literacy, targeted math support, and ninth-grade success and the specific skill your students need next. Share classroom materials, the learning sequence, and student work so we can examine proposed lessons and prerequisite support together. The grade-band sample illustrates selected instruction; it is not a comprehensive Arizona standards alignment.
How would sessions fit our Arizona school day?
Plan recurring sessions around core instruction, intervention blocks, student access, and local responsibilities. For K–3 reading, coordinate with the Move On When Reading literacy plan and preserve required core reading time. Confirm the schedule, grouping, and progress reporting before launch.
Can MOWR funds support tutoring in every grade or subject?
No. Move On When Reading is a K–3 literacy pathway. Proposed services, instructional programs, and spending must fit the approved literacy plan and applicable evidence requirements. Do not assume those funds can pay for K–12 math support or that a particular vendor is automatically eligible.
Can our school buy Cignition through the State Tutoring Fund?
Cignition is not on the current ADE-approved provider list for that fund, which is closed to new provider applicants. A school considering Cignition would need to review another eligible funding source and its local procurement requirements.
Is Arizona’s latest 21st CCLC application round still open?
No. The FY 2027 Cohort 2 application deadline was October 13, 2026. Existing grantees should review their approved award and allowable services. Other schools can monitor ADE’s application page for future rounds; the statewide federal allocation is not an open grant offer to every school.
What if I’m looking for help for my own child?
This page focuses on school and district programs. For individual support, explore Cignition’s one-to-one math and ELA tutoring for families.
Your school’s next step
Let’s plan around
your students.
Planning around early literacy, targeted math support, and ninth-grade success? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your Arizona school before deciding whether to book a call.
On our contact page, choose “Another question” for an information request or “School or district tutoring” to explore a program.