Salisbury Elementary School in Pennsylvania has successfully improved third-grade students' reading fluency with the Readability app, an AI-driven reading tutor for children from kindergarten to sixth grade. The app uses read-aloud methodologies and adapts to each student's voice to identify struggles, mispronunciations, and hesitations. It also tests comprehension knowledge and monitors reading progress, making it possible to monitor the amount of reading students are doing at home. The app has led to a 41% increase in reading fluency among students in just six weeks. McGinley's classroom will continue using the app to assess its overall impact on students' reading proficiency.
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Salisbury Elementary School in Pennsylvania has achieved outstanding results in improving reading fluency among third-grade students, thanks to the innovative Readability app. Designed for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, this AI-driven reading tutor has transformed the way young learners develop their reading skills, with a pilot study revealing a staggering 41% increase in reading fluency within a 6 week period.
Lori McGinley, a third-grade teacher who introduced Readability to her classroom, reported that students increased their fluency by an average of 27.16 words correct per minute (WCPM) after just six weeks. In contrast, those not using the app saw an increase of only 12.875 WCPM.
When the school year began, many of McGinley's students were struggling with fluency and had not met grade-level literacy benchmarks. As with most teachers, it was difficult for each student to get one-on-one time to be tutored individually. Readability's groundbreaking AI tutor helped these students receive guided feedback as they read while giving them access to hundreds of books within the app.
Readability's focus on read-aloud methodologies has proven highly effective, with its AI tutor adapting to each child's voice and identifying reading struggles, mispronunciations, and hesitations.
In addition to measuring reading fluency, the AI tutor tests comprehension knowledge, compiling data for each student that teachers can access via a private portal.
"Readability makes it possible to monitor the amount the students are reading at home. This is huge for teachers," said Lori McGinley.
McGinley's classroom will continue to use Readability through the end of the school year, with additional data collected to assess the program's overall impact on each student's reading fluency and grade-level reading proficiency.
With the success of this pilot study, Readability is poised to revolutionize literacy education and help children everywhere unlock their full reading potential.
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