Reading Corps, Math Corps and Early Learning Corps are evidence-based AmeriCorps programs dedicated to helping all children become strong learners. Tutors placed in local schools, work one-on-one or in small groups with students to help improve their skills. Rigorous third-party evaluation has consistently shown that students who have Reading Corps, Math Corps and Early Learning Corps make greater gains and faster progress. Building on success in Minnesota, the programs are replicated nationally in 11 states. North Dakota Reading, Math, and Early Learning Corps are strategic initiatives of the South East Education Cooperative. Learn more about AmeriCorps tutoring at readingandmath.org. 

Reading Corps members work in small groups or one-on-one with Kindergarten through 3rd-grade students that fall below the proficient reading target for their grade level. Members meet with each of their students for 20 minutes each day, five days a week in a pull-out format during the school day. Members use research-based scripted practices (referred to as literacy interventions) to practice reading and teach strategies to become better readers.

ND Math Corps members work with small groups of students in grades K-3 or 4-8 who are just below grade-level proficiency in math. Members provide 90 minutes of weekly tutoring outside of core instruction times. Members provide evidence-based interventions following lesson sequences developed for each grade level. Students take a placement test before beginning tutoring and the tutor uses results from the test to determine where in the lesson sequence to begin tutoring.