Tutoring in Little Rock, Arkansas
Kolu is software. Nobody from Kolu will drive to your house in Little Rock, and we have no office there. If you want a person, this page says how we would look for one. If the question is which skill is missing, we can help with that part.
Two districts serve addresses inside Little Rock. The Little Rock School District covers most of the city, and the Pulaski County Special School District covers parts of the west side along with Maumelle and Sherwood. A Little Rock mailing address does not settle which one applies, so check the attendance zone for the exact street. North Little Rock, across the Arkansas River, has its own district, as does Jacksonville. Bryant and Benton are in Saline County with districts of their own. Every one of them gives ATLAS in the same May to June window.
State tests Little Rock students take
| Grade | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and writing | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | Not tested | Not tested |
| Math | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
| Science | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | ATLAS | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
- ATLAS (Arkansas Teaching, Learning and Assessment System): reading and writing, grades 3 through 10
- ATLAS: math, science, grades 3 through 8
Third-grade promotion under the LEARNS Act took effect at the end of 2025-26. A third grader needs Level 2 or higher on the ATLAS English language arts test to move to fourth grade unless a good cause exemption applies, and there is a retake in June for promotion purposes only.
Testing dates and graduation rules for the whole state are on a separate page. Arkansas guide
Kolu finds the missing skill and goes back to it
It starts with a skill check, a short test that gets harder or easier depending on the last answer. The result is a map of the subject broken into skills with their prerequisites drawn in, each one marked as solid, still being learned, or a gap.
After that, each session is a handful of activities picked for that student, usually something due for review, a gap to repair and one new skill. When an answer is wrong, Kolu looks at which earlier skill the mistake points to and goes back to it. Here is what that looks like for a sixth grader who can't divide fractions.
The problem on the page
3/4 ÷ 2/5
Dividing fractions
Grade 6
Multiplying fractions
Grade 5 · rests on the one below
Equivalent fractions
Grade 4 · usually where it started
Multiplication facts
Grade 3
Kolu does not call a skill mastered after one right answer. That takes correct work on different kinds of problems on different days, and a skill that fades gets brought back.
Kolu is not test prep for ATLAS. It has no bank of released questions. It teaches the skills the test draws on, and it will not do tonight's homework.
It runs in a browser, so it works the same in North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle, Jacksonville, Bryant and Benton as it does in Little Rock.
When to hire a person instead
Some students need a person, and software is the wrong purchase for them. That includes a child who shuts down when the work gets hard, a student with a learning disability who needs someone trained in it, and anyone with an exam in ten days.
In Little Rock, ask the school first. Teachers know who tutors, and a counselor at Little Rock School District can tell you what the district already offers at no cost. After that, try students at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Philander Smith University or University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, who took these courses recently and usually charge less than an agency.
Whoever you hire, ask one question before the first session: how will you find out what my child doesn't know? If the answer is that they will go over the homework, keep looking.
Free for one subject, $15 a month for 5
Kolu is free for one subject at a time, with one full skill check every 30 days and up to 4 sessions a day. Plus is $15 a month, or $120 for a year, and covers 5 subjects at once with unlimited skill checks. A learner under 13 needs a parent or guardian to set up the account.