Wittly® Explained: How AI and LLM Technology Power Smarter Progress Monitoring

Wittly®, TouchMath’s AI learning assistant, supports skill-specific progress monitoring by streamlining the creation of targeted assessment probes.

• Teachers begin by entering a student’s overall or annual IEP math goal along with the related short-term objectives.
• Wittly then generates exemplar items for the teacher to review, ensuring clarity and alignment with the intended skills.
• Based on that feedback, Wittly produces equivalent 10-question (multiple-choice) probes designed to track student proficiency over time.

By leveraging advanced large language model (LLM) technology, Wittly significantly reduces the time teachers spend developing progress-monitoring materials while still delivering high-quality, equitable Skill Snapshots that give every student consistent and meaningful opportunities to demonstrate growth.

Understanding Large Language Models (LLMs) 

LLMs are sophisticated algorithms trained on massive amounts of text data. LLMs learn to recognize relationships between words and concepts by analyzing patterns within this data. This enables them to perform various tasks that benefit teachers and students, including:

1. As a large language model (LLM), Wittly draws inferences and makes connections between the information provided. For example, a teacher can enter a math standard code or description, and Wittly will incorporate details such as the expected number range, for instance, addition of whole numbers between 1 and 120, when generating the probe.
2. Details Matter to Wittly's ability to generate questions about the desired skill within the preferred grade level equivalence.

To generate the desired exemplar question items, teachers should include the following information in their probe description:

• The specific math skill being assessed
  • Example: “Count forward by ones and tens from any number.”
• The grade-level expectation or standard code
  • Example: “Aligned to 1.NBT.A.1.”
• A clear description of the desired difficulty or skill level
  • Examples: “Entry level,” or “on the first grade level.”
• The expected number range or values
  • Examples: “Numbers within 1–120,” "fractions with like denominators," or "decimal notation to hundredths."
• Any operation or format requirements
  • Examples: “Use only addition with single-digit addends," "sums less than or equal to 20," or "whole number addition to 100 without regrouping."
• Clarification of what should not be included
  • Examples: “Do not include word problems," "no regrouping", or "one or two step problems only."
• Context notes (if relevant)
  • Examples: “Include number and expanded forms but avoid word form,” "include references to NFL football teams, especially the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons," or "this student lives in southeast Louisiana and is interested in the Creole culture. incorporate local references in questions."