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State pilot shows Amira usage linked to reading gains; DPI seeks follow‑up funding options
Summary
Amira Learning’s AI reading tutor has been used by tens of thousands of North Dakota students under a state pilot. Company and DPI witnesses told the Appropriations committee usage is high and preliminary analysis shows significant NDSA reading gains among high users; DPI and the vendor discussed several funding and expansion options for the next
Representatives of Amira Learning presented outcomes from the state pilot funded through House Bill 1013 appropriations and answered lawmakers’ questions about adoption, usage and potential next‑step funding.
Joe Siedlecki, Amira Learning chief impact officer, described how the product works: a student reads aloud to the Amira avatar, the system uses speech recognition to assess reading and then provides targeted tutoring and teacher reports. Amira flags skill gaps and returns resources to teachers, while calibrating future reading selections to a student’s skill level.
Amira told legislators the program served 44,768 students in the 2023–24 school year and, as of the more recent school year data, 33,341 students had used…
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