Dr. Nadine Gaab is currently an Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and was formerly at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School.
EarlyBird for Educators
Leading-edge innovation answers a longstanding need.
Educators need a practical, reliable, and comprehensive assessment that identifies reading issues early, then connects teachers to the right interventions. EarlyBird answers that need by bridging the gap between research and classroom practice to create an effective solution.
Why is EarlyBird so Effective?
Fun, Interactive Game
A tablet-based game that assesses the child while they play, with self-administration and auto-scoring features that save teachers valuable time. The child plays along independently, joining their new friend, Pip, for an engaging journey through the city, meeting animal friends along the way to the park.
Comprehensive Results
A comprehensive assessment that eliminates the need to administer multiple assessments by providing 12 different subtests across the critical foundational skill areas scientifically proven to be predictive of reading ability. The dashboard presents these results in a manner supporting a customized literacy profile for each student.
Prescriptive Insights
Provides vetted and evidence-based resources and recommendations, helping teachers take proactive steps to guide students along their just-right learning path.
Dyslexia Screening
Dyslexia Screening, as early as Kindergarten, that doesn’t require that the child can read – giving you the tools to quickly and accurately screen a student for dyslexia during that early learning window when intervention is most effective.
What Does EarlyBird Assess?
EarlyBird is the most comprehensive assessment tool available for kindergartners and pre-readers. Fun game play assesses a child on the key literacy milestones most predictive of later reading success, while also providing dyslexia and MTSS/RTI risk scores. This eliminates the need for multiple assessments, making EarlyBird particularly useful for busy teachers.
Phonological Awareness
EarlyBird assesses the skills on the phonological continuum including rhyming, sound isolation, blending, sequencing, and sound manipulation.
Sound Symbol Correspondence
EarlyBird assesses a student’s ability to identify letters by name and match corresponding letter sounds.
Rapid Automated Naming
EarlyBird uses object naming to assess a student’s ability to retrieve information in a rapid and automatic manner.
Oral Language Comprehension
EarlyBird’s oral language subtests assess a student’s vocabulary and word meaning, along with multistep directions, and sentence comprehension.
Research-Based, Scientifically Tested
EarlyBird leverages the ground-breaking research of Dr. Nadine Gaab, Dr. Yaacov Petscher, and other leading literacy/brain scientists and has been scientifically validated in school settings across the nation.
NADINE GAAB, PH.D.
Co-founder, Scientific Advisor
YAACOV PETSCHER, PHD
Co-founder, Scientific Advisor
Dr. Yaacov Petscher is a Professor of Social Work at Florida State University, an Associate Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research, and the Director the Quantitative Methodology and Innovation Division at FCRR.
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