BATON ROUGE — Claiborne and Capitol Elementary ranked in the top 10 schools nationwide for reading growth through the "Ignite" tutoring program.

At Claiborne, 84% of students met or exceeded reading goals set by the program. At Capitol, 92% did.

The national program is run by Teach For America and helps teachers and students for 14 weeks. A total of 215 schools across the country participate in the program.

"It's a high-dosage tutoring model that works with students who are not yet proficient readers and gives them really differentiated support so that they can grow in their reading level. And we had two of the top 10 achieving sites nationwide right here in East Baton Rouge Parish School System," Laura Vinsant, director of Teach For America in Greater Baton Rouge, said.