EPS Studying, the main supplier of PreK-12 literacy options, has been chosen by the Iowa Division of Training by a aggressive bid course of to supply totally funded entry to its AI-powered EPS Studying Assistant for all elementary college lecturers and college students by the summer time of 2025. Iowa’s $3 million funding is a part of a state-wide initiative to enhance studying outcomes for all elementary college college students throughout 365 public college districts and 145 accredited nonpublic faculties.
Firmly grounded within the science of studying, EPS Studying Assistant is an internet literacy program that makes use of subtle speech recognition and protected synthetic intelligence (AI) to hear, assess, and tutor college students in foundational studying expertise at every scholar’s just-right degree. In flip, educators are geared up with actionable efficiency knowledge, guiding them to the place their instruction will matter most.
“We imagine EPS Studying Assistant can considerably improve tutorial effectiveness and rework the studying expertise for college students,” stated Steven Guttentag, CEO of EPS Studying. “We’re proud to be a trusted companion of the State of Iowa in serving to children of all ranges develop sturdy literacy expertise: capabilities that open them as much as a world of prospects. Our objective is to make sure that each educator in Iowa has the instruments they should make this distinction of their lecture rooms.”
EPS Studying Assistant launched in March 2024 in partnership with Amira Studying, the developer of the primary AI-powered studying assistant which has helped tens of millions of scholars with studying fluency and comprehension. When coupled with different EPS Studying options like S.P.I.R.E.—the studying intervention program utilized in 20% of districts nationwide together with 36 Iowan college districts—EPS Studying Assistant has been confirmed to speed up scholar achievement in foundational studying expertise, together with in phonemic consciousness, phonics, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. Impartial tutorial analysis out of Carnegie Mellon College, Johns Hopkins College and different R1 establishments has confirmed the efficacy of EPS Studying Assistant’s expertise powered by Amira: customers within the research have achieved two to a few instances better progress in studying skill in comparison with non-users.
“At Amira, we’ve developed the world’s most subtle speech recognition resolution for early learners, serving to tens of millions of scholars enhance their studying expertise,” stated Mark Angel, CEO of Amira Studying. “EPS Studying is a well-established firm identified for delivering high-quality literacy options, and we’re proud to companion with them to deliver Amira’s groundbreaking expertise to much more lecture rooms and make an actual distinction within the lives of youngsters.”
Iowa public and nonpublic educators could have EPS Studying Assistant licenses obtainable for the 2024-25 tutorial 12 months and 2025 summer time college, in addition to entry to synchronous and asynchronous coaching and help from EPS Studying.
For Iowan educators serious about acquiring free EPS Studying Assistant licenses for his or her lecture rooms or studying extra, go to:https://www.epslearning.com/iowa.
For extra on EPS Studying Assistant, go to: https://www.epslearning.com/merchandise/eps-reading-assistant.
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