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For leadership teams
- A school-wide view of reading proficiency.
- Comparison between assessments and progress throughout the year.
- Clear reports for meetings and instructional decisions.
Detect reading gaps and improve fluency in time.
Each student reads for one minute, and Kiddo delivers reading speed and quality results by student, class and school. For students from 1st through 8th grade.
6 in 10children struggle to read and understand a simple text by age 10.Source: World Bank, 2022.
The problem
A global challenge
Reading difficulties are not limited to one country. International evidence points to a widespread foundational learning crisis: millions of children move through primary education without consolidating the reading skills they need to keep learning.
In many schools, identifying these gaps still requires listening to every student, timing each reading, recording errors and compiling results manually. When evidence arrives late or fragmented, there is also less time available to provide support.
Global evidence: World Bank and partnersThe solution
From reading to evidence
Kiddo turns a one-minute oral reading into clear information to identify gaps, understand results and support progress.
01A one-minute reading
School communities
Schools that trust Kiddo.
Institutions that use reading evidence to better support their students' progress.
The right information for every person.
One assessment, four perspectives: school networks see all their institutions, principals see the whole school, academic leaders see each class, and teachers see their students.
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For teachers
- Clear results available in seconds.
- A diagnosis organized by class and student.
- Less time spent on stopwatches, spreadsheets and manual scoring.
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For school networks and district teams
- Comparable reading data across schools in the network.
- Aggregated progress by district and year.
- Evidence ready for reporting and informed decisions.
How it works
Three steps—and the school only handles the first.
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Read
The student reads aloud for one minute.
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Analyze
Kiddo measures speed, accuracy and reading quality, and identifies errors such as substitutions, omissions, insertions and repetitions.
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Receive results
Principals and teachers receive the results immediately.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a reading fluency assessment take with Kiddo?
The oral reading itself takes one minute. The full flow includes selecting the student and exercise, recording the reading, and reviewing the result before using it to guide instructional decisions.
What reading fluency results does the school receive?
The school can review words correct per minute, speed, accuracy and reading quality, details of identified errors, the reading audio and progress across assessments.
Does Kiddo require installation or special equipment?
No local installation or specialized hardware is required. Kiddo works in a browser on internet-connected devices with a microphone, including tablets, laptops, desktop computers and phones.
Does everyone at the school see the same information?
Not necessarily. Views and level of detail depend on each person's role and assigned responsibilities, so everyone can access the information they need.
Pedagogical rigor
Technology supports. Teacher judgment decides.
Kiddo uses AI-assisted automatic speech recognition to process oral reading and organize indicators of speed, accuracy, errors and reading quality. Teachers can review the results and suggestions, which never replace their professional assessment or instructional decisions.
Explore the methodologyWant to see how Kiddo could work in your institution?
We will walk you through the full process, answer your questions and explore how Kiddo could fit into your assessment workflow.