Free AI literacy tools in Microsoft Teams that give students personalised reading practice and teachers fluency data; a trial showed readers gaining 22.4 words/min vs 10.5 for the control over eight weeks.
AI feedback, Accessibility & inclusion, accessibility, literacy, reading fluency
Context
Reading Progress and Reading Coach are free AI literacy tools within Microsoft Teams' Learning Accelerators, letting students practise reading aloud with AI feedback while giving teachers fluency dashboards (accuracy, words-per-minute, mispronunciations).
Results
An eight-week trial found students using Reading Progress improved reading rate by 22.4 words per minute versus 10.5 wpm for a control group; the tools hold Digital Promise research-based design certifications.
Implementation
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