Kumon Math and Reading Center offers a free assessment, math instruction through calculus, reading instruction through comprehension, and tablet-based Kumon Connect.
Children needing math support from counting through calculus
Children developing reading skills from pre-reading through comprehension
Students who benefit from daily worksheet practice and independent progression
Aplus Test Prep and Academic Services combines 30+ years of test-prep experience with diagnostic planning, private tutoring, group classes, and online sessions.
Students preparing for SAT or ACT exams
Middle and high school students needing EOC, EOG, math, or English language arts support
Students applying to private schools through ISEE or SSAT exams
Learning and You provides individualized K-12 tutoring after standardized pretesting and reports that 97% of ACT students increased scores by 3 or more points.
K-12 students needing basic, remedial, or enrichment tutoring
Students needing individualized instruction based on academic assessment
Sylvan lists pricing of $50–$62 per session and month-to-month options, but also lists a one-time $199 registration fee. The other centers do not provide pricing in the available information.
Which Durham tutoring centers offer SAT or ACT preparation?
Sylvan, Kaplan, and Aplus all list SAT and ACT preparation. Kaplan also covers graduate, medical, legal, and professional licensing exams.
Where can a student get help with dyslexia, ADHD, or learning differences?
Hill Learning Center specifically lists support for learning differences, attention challenges, executive function, and reading intervention, including 1-to-1 reading intensives and small-group 95 RAP.
Which tutoring centers offer online sessions?
Sylvan lists in-center and online tutoring, while Aplus offers live online instruction statewide and nationwide in addition to in-person Durham sessions.
Are assessments available before tutoring starts?
Sylvan offers a free single-subject Insight™ Assessment, Kumon offers a free assessment, and Aplus uses diagnostic assessments to identify strengths, gaps, and timing challenges.