" Automated scoring engines [...] require a careful balancing of the contributions of
technology, NLP, psychometrics, artificial intelligence, and the learning sciences. The …

Atypical speech prosody is a primary characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), yet it
is often excluded from diagnostic instrument algorithms due to poor subjective reliability …

This paper investigates the use of multi-distribution deep neural networks (MD-DNNs) for
automatic intonation classification in second-language (L2) English speech. If a classified …

Reading is a foundational skill and the focus of school-level education efforts across
countries. The assessment of linguistic competence from oral reading has long been the …

This article describes a comprehensive approach to fully automated assessment of
children's oral reading fluency (ORF), one of the most informative and frequently …

We investigated the automatic assessment of expressive children's oral reading of grade
level text passages using a standardized rubric. After a careful review of the reading …

Automatically evaluating pronunciation quality of non-native speech has seen tremendous
success in both research and commercial settings, with applications in L2 learning. In this …

This paper discusses the development of the “Language Profile Test,” a tool for assessing
the underlying component skills of reading fluency and comprehension for students aged 11 …

We propose a computational framework for estimating multidimensional subjective ratings of
the reading performance of young readers from speech-based objective measures. We …

Type is not expressive enough. Even the youngest speakers are able to express a full range
of emotions with their voice, while young readers read aloud monotonically as if to convey …