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Otis Fulton Senior Vice President MetaMetrics, Inc. ofulton@lexile

The Lexile Framework for Reading & Quantile Framework for Math. Otis Fulton Senior Vice President MetaMetrics, Inc. ofulton@lexile.com. Topics. Lexile Development Lexiles Today Lexile Overview and Theory Communicating with Parents Matching Readers and Text www.lexile.com

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Otis Fulton Senior Vice President MetaMetrics, Inc. ofulton@lexile

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  1. The Lexile Framework for Reading & Quantile Framework for Math Otis Fulton Senior Vice President MetaMetrics, Inc. ofulton@lexile.com Lexile.com

  2. Topics • Lexile Development • Lexiles Today • Lexile Overview and Theory • Communicating with Parents • Matching Readers and Text • www.lexile.com • Quantile Framework for Mathematics Lexile.com

  3. Lexile Development Lexile.com

  4. State of the Union - Yesterday • MetaMetrics founded in 1984 • R&D firm focused on integrating assessment and instruction • Research funded by five grants from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • Commercialized The Lexile Framework for Reading in 1997 Lexile.com

  5. MetaMetrics SBIR Grants Awarding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Lexile.com

  6. The Lexile Framework™ for Reading • An educational tool that links text and readers under a common metric, Lexiles • Characterizes reader with a measure and text with a measure • Allows educators to forecast the level of comprehension a reader is expected to experience with a particular text Lexile.com

  7. Lexiles Today Lexile.com

  8. State of the Union - Today • All major norm referenced tests are linked • Over 20-million students will get a Lexile measure off a linked test in 2006-07 • Over 450 book publishers have titles with Lexile measures • Nearly 115,000 books to search at www.lexile.com • Over 70 million Lexiled articles through database services partners Lexile.com

  9. State of the Union - Today • Test Publishers • Harcourt: SAT-10, SAT-9, MAT-8, SDRT-4 • Riverside: The Iowa Tests (ITBS, ITED), GMRT-4 • CTB/McGraw-Hill: TerraNova Assessment Series • Pearson: Pearson Assessment System (PAS) Reading • NWEA: Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) • Scholastic: SRI, SRI-Interactive, Reading Counts!, Read180, iRead Lexile.com

  10. State of the Union - Today • 3 NCES studies "Lexiles provide a more accurate measure of grade appropriateness" (Binkley, 13) • "Assessing the Lexile Framework: Results of a Panel Meeting," White, S. April 2001, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/200108.pdf • "A Content Comparison of the NAEP and PIRLS Fourth-Grade Reading Assessments," Binkley, M. April 2003, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/200310.pdf • “International Comparisons in Fourth-Grade Reading Literacy: Findings from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) of 2001,” Ogle L. April 2003, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003073.pdf Lexile.com

  11. States Using The Lexile Framework Currently Using Lexiles In Active Discussion - Lexile.com

  12. State of the Union - Today • Database Services • Allow educators to supplement textbook instruction and reading with periodicals, newspapers, reference books & transcripts • EBSCO: 8M Lexiled at www.ebsco.com • Proquest: 60M Lexiled at www.proquest.com • Follett Library Services: Library MARC records can be updated with Lexile measures, info at www.fsc.follett.com Lexile.com

  13. Addison-Wesley Britannica Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Crabtree Globe-Fearon Dominee Hampton-Brown DK Publishing Harcourt School Publishers Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Holt Rinehart & Winston Globe-Fearon Houghton Mifflin Hampton Brown Prentice Hall Harcourt SRA/McGraw-Hill Holt Scott Foresman Leapfrog Lee & Low Bigchalk/ProQuest EBSCO NoveList The Booksource Bound-to-Stay Bound DEMCO Econoclad Permabound Follett Library Services Follett Software Company Baker & Taylor Mackin Library Media The Book Source Follett Library Services Follett Software Co. Ingram RRBowker Sundance The Unification of Reading Textbook Publishers Trade Book Publishers Test Publishers CTB/McGraw-Hill Modern Curriculum Pearson Educational Testing Services (ETS) Scholastic Harcourt Educational Measurement Rand McNally Rigby North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Rosen Northwest Evaluation Association SRA/McGraw-Hill Riverside Publishing Scott Foresman Texas Education Agency Steck-Vaughn Utah State Office of Education The Wright Group Prebinders Periodical Databases Book Distributors & Databases School/Public Libraries Reading Motivation EBSCO Online Reader Hooked on Phonics HOSTS Scholastic Read180 Scholastic Reading Counts! Lexile.com Success for All

  14. A non-proprietary standard • Many ways (assessments) to place a student on the scale • Many publishers have adopted the standard • “Connects the year-to-year with the day-to-day.” Lexile.com

  15. Lexile Overview and Theory Lexile.com

  16. Three Key Concepts • Reading Ability • the cognitive set students use to construct meaning from text as measured on tests • Readability • the difficulty of reading materials based on dimensions or characteristics of the text • Reading Comprehension • the construction of meaning from local text Lexile.com

  17. Test of Reading Development Lexile Framework Components The Lexile Analyzer The Lexile Map Linking Technology Lexile.com

  18. Determining text difficulty • Syntactic Complexity • the number of words per sentence • longer sentences are more complex and require more short-term memory to process • Semantic Difficulty • the frequency of the words in a corpus of written text • corpus has over one billion words Lexile.com

  19. Placing texts on the map Lexile.com

  20. Lexile Map for Oregon Department of Education Lexile.com

  21. John Grisham titles The Pelican Brief The Firm The Client The Testament A Time to Kill A Painted House The Partner The Street Lawyer The Brethren The Chamber The Rainmaker The Runaway Jury Lexile.com

  22. John Grisham titles The Pelican Brief 660The Firm 680The Client 730The Testament 770A Time to Kill 770A Painted House 780The Partner 790The Street Lawyer 790The Brethren 810The Chamber 810The Rainmaker 830The Runaway Jury 930 Lexile.com

  23. Michael Crichton titles Rising Sun Disclosure Sphere Timeline Airframe A Case of Need The Lost World The Terminal Man Jurassic Park The Andromeda Strain Congo The Great Train Robbery Eaters of the Dead Lexile.com

  24. Michael Crichton titles Rising Sun 540Disclosure 590Sphere 610Timeline 620Airframe 640A Case of Need 650The Lost World 670The Terminal Man 690Jurassic Park 710The Andromeda Strain 840Congo 940The Great Train Robbery 1060Eaters of the Dead 1090 Lexile.com

  25. Lexiles and Newspapers • Reuters • NY Times • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • Chicago Tribune • Associated Press • USA Today Lexile.com

  26. Lexiles and Newspapers • Reuters (1440L) • NY Times (1380L) • Washington Post (1350L) • Wall Street Journal (1320L) • Chicago Tribune (1310L) • Associated Press (1310L) • USA Today (1200L) Lexile.com

  27. Lexile Calculator Lexile.com

  28. Lexile Calculator • Forecasted comprehension rates: • Reader measure – text calibration = O Lexiles, 75% comprehension • Reader measure – text calibration = -250 Lexiles, 50% comprehension • Reader measure – text calibration = +250 Lexiles, 90% comprehension Lexile.com

  29. Lexile Calculator • Can help you better deliver instruction by knowing in advance which students: • are likely to need extra help with a lesson • will understand the material on their own Lexile.com

  30. Communicating with Parents Lexile.com

  31. Communicating with Parents • Don’t get too focused on numbers – ranges are important. • Give examples of books and other text materials. • Talk about where the student is now, but also where they are going! Lexile.com

  32. Communicating with Parents • Emphasize that the Lexile Framework does not address: • interest, • age appropriateness, • text support, or • text quality. It looks only at text difficulty – books should always be previewed. Lexile.com

  33. Matching Readers and Text • www.lexile.com Lexile.com

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  37. Life Demands for Literacy • Continuing Education • Workplace • Citizenship Lexile.com

  38. Adult text demands 1100L to 1400L Lexile.com

  39. 35 The Questia 100 30 25 20 Frequency 15 10 5 0 < 1000L 1100L 1200L 1300L 1400L 1500L > 1500L Lexile measure Lexile.com Data: Lexile measures provided by Questia (2004)

  40. • Postgrad 18 • 17 BA 16 • 15 Assoc +>2 • 14 College<2 • 13 Vocational • HS+ GED 12 • 11 11 • 10 10 Last Grade Completed • 9 9 • 8 8 7 • 6 7 • 5 6 • 4 5 • 3 2+3+4 2 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 Last Grade Completed Reader measure (in Lexiles) Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992) Lexile.com

  41. • scientist • Current Job accountant 15 • 14 teacher • executive 13 • 12 nurse 11 • supervisor 10 • sales 9 • secretary 8 • 7 foreman Job Level 6 • clerk 5 • craftsman 4 • construction 3 • service 2 • 1 labor 0 700 900 1100 1300 1500 Reader measure (in Lexiles) Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992) Lexile.com

  42. • Current Salary 5.2 $75,000 + 5 • $50,000-$74,999 4.8 • $40,000-$49,999 • 4.6 $30,000-$39,999 Log Income • $20,000-$29,999 4.4 • $15,000-$19,999 • $10,000-$14,999 4.2 4 • $5,000-$9,999 3.8 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 Reader measure (in Lexiles) Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992) Lexile.com

  43. Lexiles and Lifelong Reading • Aetna Health Care Discount Form (1360L) • Medical Insurance Benefit Pkg (1280L) • Application for Student Loan (1270L) • Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260L) • Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170L) • Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150L) • G.M. Protection Plan (1150L) • CD-DVD Player Instructions (1080L) Lexile.com

  44. The Quantile Framework for Mathematics • Developmental scale that locates an individual’s ability to think mathematically in a taxonomy of mathematical skills, concepts and applications. • Tool that links skill development and concept acquisition in mathematics to student achievement with a common scale—Quantile • Characterizes the problem solver with a measure and the skill/concept with a measure under a common scale • Allows educators to: • link skills and concepts together across strands to see the “big picture” in the development of curriculum • determine the readiness of students to be successful Lexile.com

  45. Three Components of The Quantile Framework Quantile Titles Database Linking Technology Quantile Map Test of Mathematical Achievement Lexile.com

  46. Picturing Mathematics with the Quantile Map Lexile.com

  47. QTaxons • What is a QTaxon? • Where did list of QTaxons come from? • Strands • Relationship to NCTM • Content Strands • Process Strands Lexile.com

  48. Quantile Map • Putting QTaxons on the Quantile Map • Identify items that meet psychometric criteria • Identify items that are representative of the QTaxon and match what is typically taught during the first lesson • Relationship with supporting QTaxons Lexile.com

  49. Quantile Website • QTaxon Database • Knowledge Cluster • Sample/exemplar items • Related terms and Concepts • State Curricular Frameworks • Mississippi • Texas • North Carolina Lexile.com

  50. How to contact us — • 1-888-LEXILES (1-888-539-4537) • www.lexile.com • Otis Fulton ofulton@lexile.com Lexile.com

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