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Products: Through previous projects supported by IES, ED/IES SBIR, and other sources, the project team developed A2i, an intervention to support students in Kindergarten to grade 3 to read at or above grade level. In A2i, students take web-delivered assessments throughout the school year which track progress across literacy skills, including vocabulary, decoding, word reading, spelling, sentence and paragraph writing, comprehension, and inferencing. This project developed a dashboard for users of the A2i at different levels of the education system, including district personnel, school level administrators, and educators, to support the feasible delivery, navigation, and sharing of data and reports. The project developed and integrated an active notification system into the dashboards for just-in-time email reminders or "push notifications," guidance on next steps, and automated updates to support users in understanding data through actionable next steps displayed on the dashboards. In 2022, Learning Ovations was acquired by Scholastic, with plans for the A2i technology to be integrated within their suite of education offerings.
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In Phase II, the team fully developed a user-friendly data dashboard that presents actionable reports, generates notifications, and that is designed to foster collaboration across users at multiple levels, including educators, school leaders, and district administrators. Through iterative studies the researchers assessed and demonstrated the usability and feasibility, and fidelity of implementation of the dashboard. In 2022, Learning Ovations was acquired by Scholastic and per the requirements of the SBIR program, the contract was terminated prior to the completion of the pilot study that had been planned.
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