Yevgen Borodin

The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that more than one-quarter of 8th graders are below basic in reading. Through a prior IES award, the SERP Institute and partners created the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention (STARI) to accelerate adolescents' reading. Although research demonstrates that the STARI is effective for improving reading and meets What Works Clearinghouse standards without reservation, STARI is paper-based intervention that requires signi...

In this project, the research team will develop a prototype of an artificial intelligence and performance-based reading assessment for students in grades three to twelve.  The prototype will integrate existing content and develop new content on a range of reading skills, including comprehension, critical thinking, and perspective taking.

In a prior project, the team developed an online platform that hosts content from any book or digital source and then generates automated supports (e.g., highlighted text, read alouds, embedded dictionary) to support comprehension as students read content. In this project, the team will develop a prototype of a component of this platform designed to support English Learners in reading texts in English

This project team will develop and test a prototype of the ESL Reading Assistant, intended to strengthen reading and listening skills of English as Second Language students. The web-based prototype will help students understand complex words and passages while reading. Based on user feedback, the product will adapt to provide personalized just-in-time supplemental information.