Project case study (STAR)
Phonics Coach: Adaptive K-2 Reading
Audio-first 12-minute adaptive diagnostic. +0.8 grade-level gain over control across a small district pilot.
Impact & Results
Step 1 — The Situation
A small district piloting MTSS had no shared way to diagnose where K-2 readers were stuck. Teachers were guessing between 4 intervention tiers.
Step 2 — The Task
As a Senior Instructional Designer, I led the end-to-end design and development of this project — from discovery and needs analysis through final delivery and implementation support.
Process timeline
ADDIE Process
Identify needs, learners, and goals
Create learning objectives and strategy
Build content and materials
Deploy training to learners
Measure effectiveness and iterate
Identify needs, learners, and goals
Create learning objectives and strategy
Build content and materials
Deploy training to learners
Measure effectiveness and iterate
Step 4 — The Solution
Build a 12-minute adaptive diagnostic that any K-2 teacher could run in a center, scoring the child against the 5 sub-skills of phonemic awareness and routing them to a tier.
Tools Used
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