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ROAR Development Newsletter
Computer adaptive assessment & new dashboard system
October 2nd, 2023
Curious to hear more about the ROAR? Visit this page to see the latest media and research on the ROAR and its’ development. Click on the cards below to read the full articles!
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Generating and Evaluating Tests for K-12 Students with Language Model Simulations: A Case Study on Sentence Reading Efficiency
Zelikman, E., Ma, W. A., Tran, J. E., Yang. D., Yeatman, J. D., & Haber, N. (2023). Generating and Evaluating Tests for K-12 Students with Language Model Simulations: A Case Study on Sentence Reading Efficiency [Conference proceeding]. 2023 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.06837
ROAR-CAT: Rapid Online Assessment of Reading Ability with Computerized Adaptive Testing
Ma, W. A., Richie-Halford, A., Burkhardt, A., Kanopka, K., Chou, C., Domingue, B., & Yeatman, J. D. (2023, September 22). ROAR-CAT: Rapid Online Assessment of Reading ability with Computerized Adaptive Testing. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7tpx2
Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR): A platform for developmental cognitive neuroscience research at an unprecedented scale
Tran, J. E., Ma, W. A., Gijbels, L., Townley-Flores, C., Siebert, J., Murray, T., Fuentes-Jimenez, M., Ramamurthy, M., Richie-Halford, A., & Yeatman, J. (2023, September 7). Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR): A platform for developmental cognitive neuroscience research at an unprecedented scale [Poster presentation]. Flux Congress, Santa Rosa, CA, United States.
The Handoff: How to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world impact.
"...the fact ROAR is free makes it particularly powerful for schools with fewer resources than her own. 'This is revolutionary not only in the sense of the concept but also in breaking the equity gap that exists in education'..."
What Can Schools Do When Older Students Can’t Read?
Education Week featured the ROAR as a solution to problems with supporting reading development. The ROAR supports schools in understanding the extent and shape of the problem.
"Schools need to figure out what students are struggling with exactly, before they start 'executing on solutions'... "
The Future of Learning
"Now, the tool is being used by more than 30 schools and community-based organizations to identify struggling readers and provide them with support more quickly. At the same time, the tool is generating data that is helping researchers better understand the diversity of reading hurdles some children face."
ROAR Feature Video
Stanford researchers are working with local school districts to transform a pandemic workaround into a highly efficient tool for screening students with reading difficulties.
