This paper reports on a set of three recent experiments utilizing large-scale speech models to assess the oral reading fluency (ORF) of students in Ghana. While ORF is a well-established measure of foundational literacy, assessing it typically requires one-on-one sessions between a student and a trained rater, a process that is time-consuming and…

To be an effective teacher, one must possess strong learning abilities. Developing lesson planning, pursuing learning objectives, and assessing post-lesson accomplishments all these depend on reflection and ongoing learning. As education is context-specific, the iterative process of preparing, reflecting, and improving is what makes teaching…

In recent years, the application of explainability techniques to automated essay scoring and automated short-answer grading (ASAG) models, particularly those based on transformer architectures, has gained significant attention. However, the reliability and consistency of these techniques remain underexplored. This study systematically investigates…