Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗Arkansas · Schools & districts
High-impact tutoring for Arkansas schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Connect Arkansas’s literacy priorities, Math Intervention Plans, and school-day supports with focused instruction, student discussion, and a plan your school can support.
A closer look at Arkansas
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What Arkansas is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
Targeted reading support. A clear response to math learning needs. Tutoring that connects with classroom instruction and protects time for core learning.
Official sources checked November 5, 2026
01Literacy. Connect the plan to the skill.
Arkansas’s emphasis
Arkansas’s LEARNS literacy work emphasizes the science of reading, high-quality instructional materials, screening, and individualized reading plans. The goal is a clear connection between an identified reading need and the instruction a student receives.
The Cignition connection
Share the specific skill, your school’s reading plan, and its instructional sequence. Review proposed lessons and tutor preparation with your literacy team. Tutoring should reinforce that plan while your school leads required assessment, family communication, and reporting.
02Math intervention. Make the next step specific.
Arkansas’s emphasis
Arkansas identifies Math Intervention Plans for students in grades 3–8 who are receiving intervention and are below grade level on the state math assessment. State guidance connects those plans with additional instruction and reporting of the support provided.
The Cignition connection
Bring student work, the learning target, and the skill that needs attention. Review how proposed tutoring lessons, visual models, and discussion could support that goal. Agree on how tutor observations and student explanations will inform your school team’s next instructional decisions.
03High-impact tutoring. Protect the school day.
Arkansas’s emphasis
Arkansas’s 2026–27 HIT program calls for tutoring during the school day, supplemental to core instruction, in groups of four or fewer, with consistent tutors and at least three sessions each week.
The Cignition connection
Identify protected tutoring time and appropriate student groups before building the program. Review curriculum connections, local supervision, and the schedule with your team. For HIT-funded services, agree on attendance and dosage reporting responsibilities as part of implementation.
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 Arkansas connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
Arkansas’s emphasis on individual reading plans and math intervention provides context for reviewing this sample. Examine how a learner connects sounds and print, responds to prompts, and practices a foundational reading skill.
Compare the task and prerequisites with your classroom sequence and student work.
Explore a sample lesson
Elementary literacy
ELA · K–5 sample. Open the student lesson to examine the tasks for yourself.
Open the elementary literacy sample ↗
What should we look for?
Consider how a learner connects sounds and print, responds to prompts, and practices a foundational reading skill. 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 Arkansas and is not a comprehensive state standards alignment. For a specific alignment question, share the standard and classroom materials with our team.
Existing Arkansas math resource · FY25
Explore Cignition’s earlier grades 6–8 mathematics alignment overview, including a sample lesson. Use it as a starting point for discussing your school’s current learning goals and proposed instruction.
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 Arkansas school could protect recurring school-day reading instruction alongside the school’s core program and its HIT award requirements. 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 Arkansas school’s individual reading plans and math intervention.
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.
Arkansas funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Explore Title I-A, Arkansas’s Enhanced Student Achievement funding, and existing high-impact tutoring awards. Start with the students and instructional need, then confirm the approved use and available funds.
Selected federal funding for Arkansas
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 ARKANSAS row and Fiscal Year 2026 column in each federal award table. Links highlight the row in supporting browsers. These are statewide allocations, not unspent local funds or a dedicated tutoring budget. Title II generally supports educator capacity. Confirm your district’s allocation, allowable use, and available balance before planning an expense.
Arkansas funding pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Additional instruction.
Start with the school’s plan.
Ongoing federal formula funding · Local plan and use required
Who / what it supports
Arkansas’s Title I-A programs support schools serving high numbers or percentages of students from low-income families. Schoolwide programs strengthen the educational program; targeted assistance serves identified students with the greatest academic need.
Where tutoring could fit
Review supplemental math or ELA instruction against the school’s needs assessment, instructional plan, student selection, and evidence requirements. Agree on how the service connects with classroom learning.
Practical next step: Have your federal programs lead confirm the approved activity, staffing, required set-asides, purchasing process, and available funds.
Review Arkansas’s Title I-A guidance ↗Enhanced Student Achievement.
Connect the funds to the need.
Ongoing Arkansas categorical funding · District plan and budget required
Who / what it supports
Arkansas’s Enhanced Student Achievement funding supports eligible activities based on a district needs assessment. Current rules include tutors, academic interventions, and before- or after-school tutoring among eligible uses.
Where tutoring could fit
A district can review targeted math or ELA services that address its identified learning needs. Connect the proposed instruction, participating students, and intended outcomes with the district’s plan.
Practical next step: Ask your school business official to confirm the appropriate expenditure code, available allocation, budget, and procurement. This is district categorical funding, not a family scholarship or an automatic reimbursement.
Review Arkansas’s current ESA funding uses ↗An existing tutoring award.
A school-day implementation plan.
For districts with a 2026–27 HIT award · Approved plan and match required
Who / what it supports
Arkansas’s current HIT award cycle supports eligible K–12 math and ELA tutoring during the 2026–27 school year. This pathway is for districts with an award and an approved program budget.
Where tutoring could fit
Awardees can review services from Arkansas-approved HIT providers. Cignition is on the current list for virtual K–12 math and ELA. Plan for school-day delivery, consistent tutors, small groups, and the award’s required frequency.
Practical next step: Confirm the award, student eligibility, approved costs, district match, and reporting obligations before purchasing. The program information is not an invitation for a new application.
Review Arkansas’s current tutoring program ↗Arkansas · Approved HIT provider
An approved path.
A plan for your school.
Cignition is listed on Arkansas’s current Approved High-Impact Tutoring Provider List for virtual K–12 math and ELA, available across the state.
View Cignition on Arkansas’s provider list ↗
For a district using a 2026–27 HIT award, plan recurring school-day sessions around core instruction. Confirm the approved student groups, budget and match, tutor preparation, and responsibilities for session-level attendance and dosage reporting.
Provider approval and grant funding are separate decisions. Your district should confirm its award, program conditions, local purchasing requirements, contract, and student-data protections before committing funds.
A few useful questions
What would you like to work through?
Start here, then bring the questions specific to your students and school.
Is Cignition an approved provider in Arkansas?
Yes. Arkansas’s current Approved High-Impact Tutoring Provider List includes Cignition for virtual K–12 math and ELA, available statewide. Approval is specific to that provider list. It does not establish that your district has grant funding or remove the need to review local purchasing requirements and program conditions.
How would tutoring connect with a reading or math intervention plan?
Begin with the identified skill, the student’s learning goal, and the instruction already in place. Review proposed lessons, materials, and tutor preparation with your school team. Agree on how student work and tutor observations will inform instructional decisions. Your school remains responsible for required plans, assessments, and state reporting.
Does Arkansas HIT-funded tutoring happen during the school day?
Yes. The 2026–27 HIT program describes school-day tutoring that supplements core instruction, with four or fewer students, consistent tutors, and at least three sessions each week. Your district should review its approved schedule and award conditions before planning delivery. Other funding sources may have different requirements.
What needs to be in place for live virtual tutoring?
Agree on student groups, instructional goals, protected session time, and a local point of contact. Students need working devices, reliable connectivity, and a supervised learning space. For HIT-funded services, confirm the attendance and dosage records your district and provider will submit. Review staffing, privacy, and funding requirements before launch.
How is Enhanced Student Achievement funding different from a HIT award?
Enhanced Student Achievement is district categorical funding with eligible uses tied to a needs assessment. A HIT award funds a specific approved tutoring program with its own delivery, match, and reporting conditions. Your district finance team should determine which source fits the proposed service and confirm the rules for that source.
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 individual reading plans and math intervention? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your Arkansas school before deciding whether to book a call.
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