New Jersey Tutoring Corps, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Katherine Bassett To Advocate For Investment In High-impact Tutoring At New Jersey Assembly Budget Hearing Regarding FY 2027 State Budget
[New Jersey – March 17, 2026] Katherine Bassett, Chief Executive Officer for the New Jersey Tutoring Corps, Inc. (NJTC), will provide testimony to the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday, March 18th at 9:30 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex. In her remarks, Ms. Bassett will provide an overview of the creation, mandate, and growth of NJTC; review comprehensive, independent data that NJTC’s high-dosage tutoring has provided public schools throughout the Garden State; and outline clear expectations and goals that continued support and investment will bring to New Jersey during the coming year.
“NJTC has become a powerful and consistent resource in strengthening the educational development of New Jersey’s public school scholars and bringing high-impact tutoring to New Jersey. Simply put, the Garden State would not have this valuable infrastructure in place without the Assembly Budget Chair Eliana Pintor Marin, Assemblywoman Andrea Katz, and so many others in the Assembly who have long championed our public schools. In addition, NJTC is also deeply grateful for the strong support we have received in the Senate from Leader Ruiz, Chairman Gopal, and Senator Greenstein,” stated Katherine Bassett, Chief Executive Officer for NJTC. “Their tireless commitment and deep understanding of high-impact tutoring have changed lives and addressed educational equity issues throughout New Jersey, and together we have built a nationally recognized and deeply scalable tutoring program. On behalf of all of us at NJTC and the school districts, parents, and public school scholars we have served, I look forward to attending Wednesday’s hearing to say thank you, share the strong results high-impact tutoring has provided the state, and offer a clear vision for the future.”
Now in its third year of service since formally launching statewide as a nonprofit organization, NJTC has dramatically scaled its tutoring operations, growing from serving 500 New Jersey scholars in its first year to over 15,500 scholars across 247 locations statewide. Initially established as a needed corrective response to the state's dramatic learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic, the organization has since evolved to become the focal point for implementing and advocating tutoring in public schools and community organizations throughout New Jersey and has been instrumental in partnering with school districts and public charter schools to establish and operationalize more tutoring throughout the state.
NJTC was created through an innovative public/private partnership, that united support from statewide anchor institutions such as the Overdeck Family Foundation, The Tepper Foundation, the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, the New Jersey Children's Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, The Carlson Family Foundation, the Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation and investment from the State, through the continued support of Senate Majority Leader Ruiz, Senate Education Committee Chair Gopal, and Assemblywoman Andrea Katz and Assembly Budget Chair Eliana Pintor Marin. Throughout the school year, NJTC co-designs tutoring programs with schools, districts, and community partners, ensuring that its research-based, evidence-rich program meets each partner's needs. NJTC follows the recommendations of the Annenberg Institute and the National Student Support Accelerator to ensure effective, high-impact tutoring. Specifically, staff members provide responsive, personalized, hands-on instruction aligned to New Jersey state standards. Partners co-design each implementation. Tutors are often embedded throughout classrooms during the school day and receive support from instructional coaches and site coordinators. Tutors serve scholars in 30- to 60-minute embedded sessions during the school day, after school, or in summer programs two to three times per week. The program provides a 1:1 to 1:4 tutor-to-scholar ratio for each tutoring session, with the same tutor working with the same scholars throughout a program cycle.