Title I, Part A
Support for schools serving students from low-income families.
View funding source ↗Washington · Schools & districts
High-dosage tutoring for Washington schools.
Live, small-group virtual tutoring in K–12 math and ELA. Plan targeted support around your school’s reading and math goals, students’ starting points, and the routines that help them participate.
A closer look at Washington
Your state’s priorities.
Your students’ next steps.
What Washington is prioritizing
State priorities.
Focused support.
Evidence-based early literacy. Revised math and ELA standards. Supplemental support that connects with classroom instruction.
Official sources checked November 3, 2026
01Evidence-based early literacy
Washington’s emphasis
OSPI’s early-literacy guidance highlights evidence-based reading and writing instruction in K–4, including the state’s 2026 comprehensive-literacy law.
The Cignition connection
Review supplemental support around the skills your school identifies. Early-grade instruction can address phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and connected reading, with vocabulary and comprehension support shaped by student needs.
02Revised standards. Connected instruction.
Washington’s emphasis
Washington adopted revised math and ELA standards in 2026. Educators can explore and begin using them in 2026–27, with classroom use required in 2027–28. Math emphasizes reasoning and efficient, flexible, accurate strategies.
The Cignition connection
Bring your district’s transition plan and learning sequence. Review proposed tutoring lessons and prerequisite support against those goals, with students explaining, comparing, and justifying their thinking.
03Support matched to need
Washington’s emphasis
The state-funded Learning Assistance Program (LAP) adds targeted or intensive support within MTSS. OSPI emphasizes matching services to need, connecting them with core instruction, and using the Washington Integrated Student Supports Protocol.
The Cignition connection
Start with student work and your school’s identified needs. Discuss grouping, recurring sessions, onsite support, and progress reviews so tutoring connects with the team’s broader intervention plan.
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 Washington connection · A closer look at instruction
From a learning need to the work students do.
Washington’s emphasis on early literacy and revised mathematics and ELA expectations 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 Washington 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.
Plan around your Washington school’s learning goals, intervention blocks, and student access. Explore how the school team and Cignition coordinate before, during, and between sessions.
For a new Washington partnership, Cignition brings live virtual tutors, purpose-built curriculum, a dedicated program manager, and useful participation and learning information. Your school brings its learning priorities, protected time, technology, and local support. Local partnership experience informs planning; each new program has its own scope and requirements.
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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 Washington school’s early literacy and revised mathematics and ELA expectations.
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.
Washington funding landscape
Understand the investment.
Find a relevant pathway.
Explore Washington’s federal allocations, state-funded Learning Assistance Program, and targeted grant programs. Check who controls each funding stream and whether new applications are being accepted.
Selected federal funding for Washington
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 WASHINGTON 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.
Washington budgets and grant pathways
Funding reviewed November 10, 2026Learning Assistance Program
State-funded support · District-controlled budgets
Who / what it supports
LAP supports students not yet meeting academic standards through supplemental targeted and intensive services within MTSS.
Where tutoring could fit
Ask your district whether supplemental tutoring fits its LAP plan, student needs, evidence requirements, and allowable costs. Districts must use the Washington Integrated Student Supports Protocol.
Practical next step: Confirm the available balance, program fit, and purchasing requirements with your LAP coordinator.
Review Washington’s LAP guidance ↗Washington GEAR UP
2024 seven-year award · Participating cohorts only
Who / what it supports
WSAC’s 2024 award supports students in 12 rural districts, beginning in grade 7 and continuing through the first year after graduation. Services include tutoring, mentoring, and college-readiness support.
Where tutoring could fit
A participating program may consider academic tutoring within its approved services and budget. GEAR UP is not a statewide tutoring entitlement or a grant open to every school or vendor.
Practical next step: Confirm that your school and student cohort participate, then review the local program’s budget and procurement process.
Explore Washington GEAR UP ↗21st Century Community Learning Centers
No 2026–27 competition · Existing grantee programs
Who / what it supports
Washington’s 21st CCLC program supports academic enrichment during non-school hours, particularly for students attending high-poverty and low-performing schools.
Current availability
OSPI states there will be no grant competition for the 2026–27 school year. Existing grantees should review their approved plans and budgets before considering supplemental tutoring.
Practical next step: Check the current OSPI notice and your local grantee’s approved services. Do not treat statewide awards as an open application opportunity.
Check Washington’s 21st CCLC status ↗
Cignition in Washington
Working together for
Bellevue students.
From the 2020–21 through 2023–24 school years, Cignition partnered with Bellevue School District to support students through live virtual tutoring in math and English language arts. The work spanned elementary and middle school communities, with subjects and schedules shaped around each school.
School communities we supported
- Clyde Hill
Elementary School - Sherwood Forest
Elementary School - Odle
Middle School - Bellevue
Digital Discovery - Bellevue
Big Picture School
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“The Cignition team is responsive and flexible with our requests.”
Eric FergusonDirector of Teaching and Learning
Bellevue School District
Weekly check-ins kept the teams connected around attendance, feedback, and program needs.
Discuss your Washington program →Washington · Program fit & purchasing
Start with fit.
Plan the details.
For Learning Assistance Program funds, have your LAP lead review the eligible students, proposed intervention or practice, evidence requirements, and progress reporting. For Title I or another award, check that program’s approved plan and budget separately. A funding category does not establish approval of a provider or service.
Have your district confirm scope, available funds, tutor qualifications, background checks, student-data protections, and purchasing for each new agreement. Our Bellevue experience provides local context.
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 Washington learning goals?
Washington adopted revised math and ELA standards in 2026, with classroom use required in 2027–28. Cignition uses its own curriculum. Share your district’s learning sequence and transition plan so proposed lessons and prerequisite support can be reviewed together. The activity on this page is an illustration, not a reviewed Washington curriculum crosswalk.
How would sessions fit our Washington school day?
Start with your school’s intervention blocks, calendar, student groups, and onsite staffing. Confirm the recurring schedule and tutor availability before launch. Students need a suitable device, reliable internet, and a setting where they can participate in live discussion. Agree on attendance routines and who will help students connect.
Have you worked with Washington schools before?
Yes. We partnered with Bellevue School District from the 2020–21 through 2023–24 school years. Our work included tutoring at Clyde Hill Elementary, Sherwood Forest Elementary, Odle Middle School, Bellevue Digital Discovery, and Bellevue Big Picture School, with math and ELA support shaped around each school’s program.
Can LAP or Title I funds support tutoring?
Supplemental tutoring may fit an approved school or district plan, subject to the funding program’s requirements. Your district should confirm student eligibility, evidence expectations, available funds, and allowable costs before purchasing. LAP and Title I are distinct programs; the statewide federal figures above are not your district’s available balance.
Are the grant pathways open to every Washington school?
No. Washington GEAR UP serves participating districts and student cohorts. OSPI says there is no 21st CCLC grant competition for 2026–27. Existing grantees should review their approved plans and current budgets. Check the linked program sources for eligibility and status before planning around either pathway.
What if I’m looking for help for my own child?
This page focuses on school and district programs. Families can explore Cignition’s one-to-one virtual tutoring through Family Plans.
Your school’s next step
Let’s plan around
your students.
Planning around early literacy and revised mathematics and ELA expectations? Request curriculum examples, implementation details, evidence, or funding information for your Washington 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.