Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗North Dakota · Schools & districts
High-impact tutoring for North Dakota schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Connect North Dakota’s math and literacy priorities with focused instruction, student discussion, and a plan your school can support.
A closer look at North Dakota
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What North Dakota is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
A stronger math foundation through ND COUNTS. Literacy grounded in the science of reading. Targeted support guided by student progress within North Dakota’s multi-tier framework.
Explore North Dakota funding ↓
Official sources checked November 5, 2026
01Stronger math foundations. A clearer next step.
North Dakota’s emphasis
ND COUNTS connects evidence-based mathematics instruction, teacher learning, formative assessment, and targeted intervention. Its grades 4–8 screening and intervention pilot runs through 2026–27, with student progress informing instructional decisions.
The Cignition connection
Use the learning needs your school identifies to plan focused math tutoring. Discuss prerequisite skills, current classroom content, and how students will model, explain, and practice. Review tutor feedback alongside your school’s assessment information.
02Literacy grounded in how students learn to read.
North Dakota’s emphasis
North Dakota’s science-of-reading work emphasizes explicit, evidence-based instruction. Its state literacy plan connects foundational skills, language comprehension, disciplinary literacy, and increasingly focused support across the learning continuum.
The Cignition connection
Plan ELA instruction around the needs your team identifies. For younger learners, discuss foundational reading skills and structured routines. For older students, review vocabulary, comprehension, text analysis, and opportunities to support explanations with evidence.
03Support that fits your school’s multi-tier system.
North Dakota’s emphasis
North Dakota’s Multi-Tier System of Supports (NDMTSS) connects instruction, assessment, and regular progress review. Teams use evidence of student learning to decide when to adjust support and how intensively to respond.
The Cignition connection
Add live instruction around a clear learning target and a protected schedule. Agree on grouping, classroom connections, participation, and progress review. Your school leads the broader support system, while Cignition adds instructional capacity for the students you identify.
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 North Dakota connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
North Dakota’s emphasis on ND COUNTS mathematics, science-of-reading instruction, and tiered support provides context for reviewing this sample. Examine how a learner represents quantities, compares ideas, and explains an answer.
Compare the task and prerequisites with your classroom sequence and student work.
Explore a sample lesson
Elementary mathematics
Math · K–5 sample. Open the student lesson to examine the tasks for yourself.
Open the elementary mathematics sample ↗
What should we look for?
Consider how a learner represents quantities, compares ideas, and explains an answer. 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 North Dakota 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, a North Dakota school could add focused elementary mathematics time alongside classroom instruction, separately from an approved-program pilot designation. 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 North Dakota school’s ND COUNTS mathematics, science-of-reading instruction, and tiered support.
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.
North Dakota funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Explore district federal funds, ND CLIMBS literacy awards, rural-school funding, and after-school programs. Connect each pathway’s purpose and approved scope with your instructional plan.
Selected federal funding for North Dakota
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 NORTH DAKOTA 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.
North Dakota budgets and grant pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Supplemental support
through your school plan
District-controlled award · Approved use required
Who / what it supports
North Dakota’s Title I-A guidance connects spending to the school’s approved plan and student need. Schoolwide programs and targeted assistance programs have different participation and spending requirements.
Where tutoring could fit
Review recurring virtual math or ELA tutoring against your needs assessment, eligible students, evidence requirements, and available district funds.
Practical next step: Ask your federal programs lead to confirm the service, required set-asides, fiscal rules, and purchasing process.
Review North Dakota’s Title I-A guidance ↗ND CLIMBS.
A coordinated literacy investment.
$44.9M federal project · Existing school awards through 2028–29
Who / what it supports
ND CLIMBS supports literacy systems for disadvantaged learners from birth through grade 12. Published awards include elementary and secondary schools, with Legendary Learners focused on early learning and the transition to kindergarten.
Where tutoring could fit
An awarded school can review whether proposed reading support fits its local literacy plan, approved activities, and budget. The award does not automatically establish tutoring eligibility or approval of a provider.
Practical next step: The posted Legendary Learners round closed September 2, 2026; the EPP–LEA partnership round closed September 21. Check with your grant lead for approved uses and future opportunities.
Explore ND CLIMBS awards and guidance ↗A rural funding route.
Start with district eligibility.
2026–27 RLIS allocations and eligibility chart published
Who / what it supports
REAP includes Small Rural School Achievement (SRSA), awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, and Rural Low-Income Schools (RLIS), administered by NDDPI. Eligible rural districts use these formula programs to support student achievement.
Where tutoring could fit
Discuss a proposed math or ELA service with your district’s REAP lead. Check allowable activities, student needs, approved plans, and the funding program your district actually receives.
Practical next step: Use NDDPI’s current eligibility chart and allocation list. Dual-eligible districts choose one program; the older application dates still shown on the page should not be treated as a new application window.
Review North Dakota’s REAP funding ↗Academic enrichment.
Beyond the school day.
2025 competition closed · Review existing five-year awards
Who / what it supports
North Dakota’s 21st CCLC program supports community learning centers that supplement classroom learning with academic enrichment and broader opportunities outside regular school hours.
Where tutoring could fit
An existing grantee can review whether focused math or ELA tutoring fits its approved program. Confirm virtual delivery, local supervision, partner arrangements, participation requirements, and costs with the grantee and NDDPI.
Practical next step: The published 2025 competition closed June 10, 2025. Work from the current award and contact the state program team about future competitions.
Review North Dakota’s 21st CCLC guidance ↗North Dakota · Program fit & purchasing
Start with fit.
Confirm the requirements.
Start with your school’s instructional goals, approved funding plan, and district purchasing requirements. Review proposed lessons, tutor qualifications, reporting, student-data protections, and local support for virtual sessions. The ND COUNTS pilot uses a specific list of approved programs; review that list separately from any broader tutoring discussion.
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 North Dakota learning goals?
Start with your school’s learning goals, curriculum sequence, and student work. Review proposed math or ELA lessons, where prerequisite support fits, and how progress will be discussed. The activity on this page is illustrative; it is not a reviewed North Dakota curriculum crosswalk. Existing sample lessons can help start a conversation about the standards and instructional needs relevant to your school.
Is Cignition approved for the ND COUNTS pilot?
Cignition is not included in the pilot’s published list of four approved screening and intervention programs. The pilot supports those specific tools and their implementation. Discuss any proposed Cignition tutoring as a separate service with a separately verified, allowable funding route.
How would virtual tutoring fit a smaller or rural school?
Plan around the students you need to serve, available intervention periods, devices, and connectivity. Live sessions need a supervised learning space and a local point of contact. Together, discuss grouping, recurring session times, attendance, and how your school team will use progress information. Virtual instruction adds access to tutors while your school maintains the local support students need.
Are the posted literacy grant rounds still open?
The Legendary Learners Funding Opportunity 3 deadline was September 2, 2026. The second EPP–LEA partnership round closed September 21, 2026. Both deadlines have passed. Existing ND CLIMBS awardees should review their approved scope and budget, and interested schools should ask NDDPI about any future round.
Could REAP or after-school funds support tutoring?
Possibly, when the service is allowable under the actual grant and included in the approved plan. REAP eligibility and program choice are district-specific. A 21st CCLC partnership must fit the grantee’s academic program and operating requirements. Your federal programs or grant lead should confirm the proposed service and available balance before making a commitment.
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 ND COUNTS mathematics, science-of-reading instruction, and tiered support? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your North Dakota 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.