Amira Learning
Amira Learning™ provides 1:1 reading tutoring, reading fluency assessment, and dyslexia risk screening—from anywhere.
After students take the reading fluency assessment, they are automatically placed into powerful 1:1 reading tutoring powered by dozens of precise micro-interventions rooted in the science of reading.
Amira's 1:1 reading tutoring is an eligible solution for ESSER funding.
What the Experts Say
Amira’s approach to reading success is built on decades of research and continues to be studied and enhanced upon.
In less than 9 minutes, Amira’s Dyslexia Screener delivers a reliable and valid assessment of students’ dyslexia risk.
One study found that the effect size of Amira on an English speaker's reading growth is approximately 0.70, the same as having a human tutor.
Amira saves teachers 90+ hours across the school year by automating Oral Reading Fluency assessment, Running Records, and Dyslexia Screening.
Use Amira to make the most of eligible ESSER funding.
What's New
Support all students in becoming masterful readers.
For Grades K–5, Amira makes it possible to accurately and reliably screen Spanish-speaking students. Amira will administer the assessment in Spanish and provide 1:1 tutoring.
Support students in Grades 4 & 5 with valid and reliable screening and 1:1 tutoring.
The District Dashboard supports leaders with insight into how students are performing within the five pillars of reading, fluency gains, and more. The dashboard provides filtering and drill-down capabilities to empower district-level data analysis.
1:1 Tutoring
Amira is the teacher's reading assistant that provides 1:1 reading tutoring to multiple students at the same time. Students receive the benefits of 1:1 micro-interventions rooted in the Science of Reading. You only need an an internet connection and a tablet or laptop.
Amira's 1:1 tutoring demonstrates strong levels of evidence under ESSA criteria and is available for purchase with stimulus funds.
Micro-interventions
Amira delivers micro-interventions in these categories: phonological awareness; decoding; sight recognition; logic, literacy knowledge, and language structures; and knowledge building.
Skills scaffold
Students who are identified as Early Readers practice with Amira through an Early Reader Skills Scaffold Sequence consisting of Echo Reading, Word List, and Letter Story.
Effective and research based
Amira's tutoring is proven to be as effective as time with a human tutor and even more effective for English learners.
Engaging for all students
Amira keeps readers engaged with the right practice and tutoring for each student.
Oral Reading Fluency Assessment
Amira Learning is the first program to use students' oral reading fluency assessment to automatically place them into powerful 1:1 reading tutoring.
Administration
Administer the assessment to multiple students at the same time and remove subjective errors, judgements, and testing biases.
Running Record
Save time and listen to samples of students' assessment on any schedule. The Running Record allows for administration of the assessment without the immediate presence of a qualified literacy specialist.
Early Readers
Students who are beginning to read and are identified as Early Readers on the Tracking Report will receive the appropriate sequence of skill development based upon their observed ability from the Benchmark assessment.
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The Assessment Reporting Dashboard provides a menu of all reports—access with just one click!
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The Progress Report allows teachers to monitor student improvement over time and projects mastery into the future.
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The Benchmark Report delivers at-a-glance benchmarking for all students.
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The Science of Reading Dashboard for District Leaders provides a deeper dive into the five pillars of reading and how students are performing within them.
Dyslexia Screener
For students with disabilities in reading, early intervention is critical to future reading success. The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) suggests that all students be screened for the risk of dyslexia. With the Amira Dyslexia Screener, you have powerful support for your early intervention efforts.
Quick and targeted assessments
Amira takes 5–7 minutes to administer and targets alphabetic knowledge, phonological awareness, and word reading in Grades K–5.
Alternate equivalent forms
Multiple versions of the screener are provided for each grade level, so students can be screened multiple times each year.
Standardized administration
Screener administration and scoring create a consistent protocol.
Established consistency and effectiveness
Backed by more than a decade of research for the TPRI® Early Reading Assessment, Amira has shown consistent reliability and predictive validity.
Get a tip sheet of our top strategies for successful dyslexia screening.
Program Pairing
Meet the needs of all students with best-in-class core programming and a valid and reliable oral reading fluency assessment that places each student into personalized reading practice.
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Only Amira with HMH Into Reading connects reading fluency assessment results directly to relevant core content.
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Whenever a student is assessed with Amira, the Diagnostic Report will show the skills within a student’s Zone of Proximal Development and provide a set of recommended Into Reading resources to instruct on those skills.
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The Diagnostic Report provides teachers with a list of concepts or skills that are “likely mastered,” “appropriately challenging,” and “very challenging” to support Into Reading instruction.
Continuous Support for Teachers
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Access on-demand, Amira and ELA-specific teaching resources with Teacher’s Corner
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Attend live, online events with your colleagues
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Provide at-home support with printable parent and caregiver letters in English and Spanish
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View resources in the same place where you find your instructional materials and assessment reports
Family Experience
Family Room—a family-friendly part of the Ed learning platform—supports diverse learning environments and makes at-home learning more manageable for families and caregivers by providing equitable, on-demand resources to help support their children.
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Access their child’s learning via the student’s Ed log in
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Find simple, helpful, and equitable at-home learning resources in both English and Spanish
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Explore tips and videos personalized to their child’s learning
Summer School
Make individual summer school tutoring scalable by maximizing the number of students who can receive personal attention with responsive reading tutoring and micro-interventions backed by reading science.
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Delivers 1:1 reading coaching to emergent readers, from anywhere
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Listens to students read and detects oral reading errors using AI technology
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Provides a personalized reading tutor and practice for each student
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Generates automatic reports for teachers and parents
Learn more about Amira for summer school.
Research & Results
Amira is the culmination of 20+ years of reading research and applied reading science from leading universities and researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Texas Health Sciences. Evidence supporting Amira’s effectiveness includes more than 100 published research papers and is considered “gold standard.”
- Report Type: Research Foundations
- Grade Level: PreK, Elementary
- Report Type: Efficacy Study, Study Conducted by Third Party
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Region: Northeast
- Report Type: Efficacy Study, Study Conducted by Third Party
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Region: Northeast
- District Urbanicity: Urban
- Report Type: Efficacy Study, Study Conducted by Third Party
- Grade Level: Elementary
- Population: English Learners
- District Urbanicity: Urban
Amira has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise, which confirms a link between research on how students learn and the product’s design.
Review the complete list of research projects and publications.
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