Text+to+Speech+Project

Project: The LA Text-to-Speech (TtS) project is a pilot to study the effects of TtS as an accommodation to improve the outcomes of students with mild to moderate disabilities. This project is focused on students with Learning Disabilities in the area of reading who have failed two or more subject areas in the previous year, or who have not reached their IEP goals for two or more curriculum areas. The project is based on the [|Missouri Text-to-Speech Project] and Text-to-Speech Implementation Guide from [|CAST.org].

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 * Missouri Pilot Project - video**


 * Missouri Project Results**
 * 95% graduated on time
 * 85% improved academic performance
 * 55% increased time spent in general education and reduced special education support needs
 * 95% decreased reliance on human assistance
 * Video of results: []

Tools - (Identify the tools required.) 1. //** Text to Speech ** [|(TtS) and Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM): An Implementation Guide for]// //[|Use of TtS and AIM in Secondary Classrooms]// available at CAST.org. 2. The student requires access to the following:
 * 1) Text to Speech Software
 * 2) Classroom computer
 * 3) Digital AIM provided in a timely manner
 * 4) Flatbed Scanner

Student Literacy Portfolio - Contents (Identify the contents that you will include for the student.)
 * 1) General Student Information [[file:Initial Student Data Form.docx]]
 * 2) Student Testing History
 * 3) IEP
 * 4) Attendance History
 * 5) Report Card
 * 6) Student Schedule and list of teachers, paraprofessionals and support staff
 * 7) 3 samples of student work (reading) at initial, mid-year and end-of-year
 * 8) 3 samples of student work (writing) at initial, mid-year and end-of-year
 * 9) Reading scores from DIBELS, Scan Tron or other Reading Assessment
 * 10) AT Consideration Form
 * 11) AIM Consideration
 * 12) WATI Assessment forms for [|Reading], [|Motor Aspects of Writing] and [|Composition of Written Material]
 * 13) WATI [|Environmental Observation Guide, Classroom Observation Guide, and Environmental Observation Summary]
 * 14) Signed Parent Letter for Project Participation (See the TtS and AIM Implementation Guide.)
 * 15) Reading video (Initial, mid-year and end-of-year) 1 to 3 minutes
 * 16) Data recording template (Samples: [[file:TtS_Session_Data_Form.doc]] [[file:TtS Data wIndependence Level.doc]] [[file:Progress Monitoring AT or AIM revised.docx]]
 * 17) Target goal, intervention summary and outcomes
 * 18) Progress monitoring/tracking
 * 19) Student survey: initial interview and end-of-year interview (See the AIM Implementation Guide.)
 * 20) Teacher survey: initial interview and end-of-year interview (See the AIM Implementation Guide.)
 * 21) Final analysis

Resources for tracking forms
 * 1) 1. []
 * 2) 2. []
 * 3) 3. []
 * 4) 4. Not free/ single user lis w30 free trial []
 * 5) 5. []
 * 6) 6. [] (bottom)

Pilot Sites