EPS LEARNING & IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Accelerate Your Students’ Reading Progress with EPS Reading Assistant featuring Amira
Reading Assistant
Fully Funded Literacy Solution for Your School District
The Iowa Department of Education has selected EPS Learning to offer the AI-driven EPS Reading Assistant solution to all elementary schools in Iowa for the 2024-2025 school year. Iowa school districts may request access for their elementary schools with no additional funding required.
Sign up now and the EPS Learning team will follow up to provide more information and schedule your implementation and training. The included EPS virtual training for educators can be completed in less than one day. This training focuses on helping students understand how to use the Reading Assistant and empowering teachers to apply the literacy data from each reading session to inform instruction and intervention.
Elementary School | Tiers 1, 2, & 3
EPS Reading Assistant Quickly Builds Literacy Skills and Confidence for All Your Readers
This interactive, AI-driven, online tutor is rooted in the science of reading, and uses voice-recognition to offer all students in Tiers 1, 2, & 3—including those with dyslexia—unlimited, independent, and personalized oral reading practice with tutoring.
EPS Reading Assistant provides educators with an early literacy assessment that includes universal screening, placement, and dyslexia risk identification. It also delivers benchmarking, progress monitoring, and recommendations for individual student interventions where necessary. This actionable reporting is made available by an easy-to-use interface that ensures all data is kept safe, secure, and private.
Reading practice, tutoring, and reporting are available in both English and Spanish to meet the needs of a wide range of students, including English learners.
EPS Reading Assistant is delivered in partnership with Amira Learning, the developer of the first AI-powered reading assistant, which has helped millions of students with reading fluency and comprehension.
How EPS Reading Assistant Works
Students interact with Reading Assistant in four easy steps:
CHOOSE A STORY from our extensive collection of appropriately challenging and engaging fiction and non-fiction texts.
READ OUT LOUD at their own pace as Reading Assistant “listens” and assesses how well they are reading and progressing.
ACCESS TUTORING when they encounter difficulties or make mistakes. Reading Assistant provides corrective feedback in the moment.
CELEBRATE GROWTH when they complete a story. Reading Assistant lets students know how they did and celebrates their progress.
ROBUST REPORTING FOR TEACHERS: Immediate reporting provides educators with detailed data, progress reports, and resources tailored to support each student.
See Reading Assistant in Action
Younger Reader using Reading Assistant
Older Reader using Reading Assistant
Research Shows Students Progress Faster with Reading Assistant
Multiple independent analyses confirm that practice with Reading Assistant accelerates reading growth. With just 30 minutes of read-aloud practice per week, students achieved significantly greater progress.
Accelerates Reading Growth
A study conducted by the Utah State Department of Education in 2022-2023 showed the technology underpinning Reading Assistant was the only edtech software generating substantial effect size.
Effective with English Learners
A study by DePaul University in Chicago found that English learners in Chicago who used the Intelligent Reading Tutor saw significant gains in fluency and word accuracy.
Utilizing Proven Technology
The technology underpinning EPS Reading Assistant is rated ESSA Strong for its efficacy, and received the first ever CODiE award for Best Science of Reading Skills Solution (2023).
Get Your Students Ready for a New Chapter of Reading Success.
Sign Up Now.
Complete the form to sign up for your Iowa DOE-funded EPS Reading Assistant. The EPS Learning Customer Success Team will contact you to get your educators and students started.
Register for our free webinars to learn more about EPS Reading Assistant.
Any additional questions can be emailed to EPS Learning at customersuccess@epslearning.com.
SPIRE
EPS Reading Assistant and SPIRE Reading Intervention Make a Winning Combination
EPS Reading Assistant supports and accelerates EPS Learning’s science of reading-based SPIRE® reading intervention program. SPIRE is proven to empower beginning readers, those with dyslexia, and English learners to master all five pillars of reading on their journey to literacy success.
Advancing Student Literacy
About EPS Learning
For more than 70 years, EPS Learning has partnered with education departments, districts, and schools, and empowered educators nationwide to advance student literacy as the springboard for lifelong learning and opportunity. Our simple, sustainable, and effective reading solutions are rooted in the science of reading and are proven to transform PreK–12 students into successful, confident readers.
