Virtual coach enables teachers to deliver 1:1
reading practice based on students' assessment data without losing
instructional time
PORTLAND, Ore., May 15, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research
organization, announced today a new feature called Coach within its
innovative early literacy assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™. This
new feature leverages AI to provide personalized reading coaching
based on each student's assessment results.
Meet Maya. She's a friendly AI-driven coach inside NWEA's MAP
Reading Fluency and is available to districts this summer.
Leveraging Maya starts with a teacher assessing the whole class
with MAP Reading Fluency. Those results place students into 1:1
personalized coaching with Maya. Students read aloud to Maya; in
real-time, she provides coaching aligned with the science of
reading, such as showing how the lips should move when sounding
words. Several studies on the technology behind Maya have shown
that AI-powered coaching can significantly improve reading
skills.
Beyond the 1:1 support this personalized coaching provides, this
new feature also offers educators a much more granular look at
students' literacy needs so they can make appropriate decisions for
their classrooms.
"Not only can a teacher assess an entire room in one class
period, gaining objective and actionable results quickly, but that
data now informs each student's personalized Coach session and
supports student growth," said John
Newburn, Sr. Product Manager for MAP Reading Fluency at
NWEA. "It's like giving each student their own reading coach that
becomes an extension of the teacher who supports their
instructional methods."
Get an inside look at MAP Reading Fluency with Coach:
https://www.nwea.org/resource-center/resource/map-reading-fluency-with-coach-video/
Read the fact sheet about MAP Reading Fluency with Coach:
https://www.nwea.org/resource-center/resource/map-reading-fluency-with-coach/
About MAP Reading Fluency
MAP Reading Fluency (now with Coach included) continues to
evolve into one of the most trustworthy assessment tools in the
market. It provides educators with reliable and accurate data that
supports instructional decisions to advance reading development for
all students. The CODiE award-winning tool, launched in 2018 as a
first-of-its-kind adaptive universal screening and progress
monitoring early literacy assessment for grades pre-K to 5, is now
used by more than 1.4 million students in more than 2,000 districts
nationwide.
Beyond quality data, one of MAP Reading Fluency's most valuable
features is the timesaving aspect for teachers. Instead of
assessing each student in a class one by one taking a day or more,
a teacher using MAP Reading Fluency can get those powerful insights
in one class period for an entire group of students. Aligned with
the science of reading, the early literacy assessment measures and
monitors oral reading fluency, literal comprehension, and
foundational reading skills from season to season and year to year.
It quickly screens students at risk of reading difficulty,
including characteristics of dyslexia. The benchmark assessment is
available in both English and Spanish.
View new case studies of districts sharing how they have
leveraged MAP Reading Fluency in their schools.
Read more about MAP Reading Fluency's recent third-party
review showing high marks for reliability, validity and
accuracy.
About NWEA
NWEA® (a division of HMH) is a
mission-driven organization that supports students and educators in
more than 146 countries through research, assessment solutions,
policy and advocacy, and professional learning that support our
diverse educational communities. Visit NWEA.org to learn more
about how we're partnering with educators to help all kids
learn.
Contact: Simona Beattie,
Communications Director, simona.beattie@nwea.org or
971.361.9526
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