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Association of Test PublishersTucson, ArizonaFebruary 26-28, 2001

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MetaMetrics SBIR Grant Awards

Title of Grant Grant Number Grant Number

Development of a ConstructMeasurement System forReading

Phase I—$50,000 HD 19448-01(1984)

Development of a ConstructMeasurement System forReading

Phase II—$498,000 HD 19448-02(1986-1988)

A Construct MeasurementSystem for ListeningComprehension

Phase I—$48,000 HD 19234-30(1988-1989)

Construct Generalization:A Meta-Analytic Tool

Phase I—$50,000 HD 25358-01(1989)

Construct Generalization:A Meta-Analytic Tool

Phase II—$500,000 HD 25358-02(1994-1995)

Awarding Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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“Unification” in Science

Temperature

1700

Time

1890

Reading

2000

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The Three Components of theLexile Framework

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The Lexile MapThe Lexile Analyzer

LinkingTechnology

TestofReadingComprehension

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How are texts placed on the map?

Examine Words Examine Sentences

Review text and Lexile measure

Calculate Lexile measure

Edit Text

Scan textinto electronic format

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How are readers placed on the map?

Harcourt Brace SAT9

SDRT

MAT8

CTB/McGraw-HillTerraNova Assessment Series

Riverside Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test

Scholastic SRI and SRI-Interactive

iRead

NWEA Achievement Level Item Bank

NCDPI North Carolina End-of-Grade Test

Utah [under development]

TEA [under development]

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What is a non-proprietary standard?

How many ways can you place a student on the scale?

How many publishers have adopted the standard?

How many companies can participate in a marketing presentation?

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LexileMeasure

Book Distributors& DatabasesBaker & Taylor, Ingram,

Follett, Booksource, Sundance,RR Bowker*, Muze*

Test PublishersHarcourt Educational Measurement,

CTB-McGraw-Hill, Riverside,NWEA, North Carolina Dept. of

PublicInstruction

ReadingMotivation

Scholastic Reading Counts!,Read 180, Success for All, HOSTS,On-line Reader (EBSCO), Hooked

on Phonics

On the InternetN2H2, MediaSeek, 21st

Century Teachers, Family Education Network, Edvision

PublishersScholastic, Rigby, Modern Curriculum, Lee & Low,

Steck-Vaughn, Millbrook, Lerner, West,Rosen, Crabtree, Dominee,

Pearson, Globe-Fearon, Holt,Harcourt, Glencoe McGraw-Hill,

DK Publishing, Rand McNally, Scott Foresman,Leapfrog, Hampton Brown, Troll, The Wright Group*

School, Public LibrariesFollett Library Services

(Lexiles are in MARC Records, field 521), MetaVue, Mackin, Sagebrush Technologies

Periodical DatabaseEBSCO, NoveList

PrebindersPermabound, Econoclad, DEMCO, Booksource, Bound-To-Stay Bound,

Everbind*

*denotes pending

Textbook PublishersHoughton Mifflin, Harcourt School

Publishers, Glencoe McGraw-Hill, Globe-Fearon, Holt, Scott Foresman

A Report Card on the Unification of Reading

Federal InitiativesReading Excellence ActAmerica Reads Challenge

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Connecting Readers to Books

Reach for Tomorrow 600L

Hedgehogs in the Hall 610L

Frida Maria: A Story of the Old Southwest 620L

Mystery on Stage, The 630L

Firehouse Mystery, The 640L

Art Lesson, The 650L

Winter 660L

Follow My Leader 670L

Look What Came From India 680L

Forgotten Filly, The 690L

Results Lexile measure

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Thematic Book Search

Earth 810L

1000 Facts About Space IG 870L

Enchantress from the Stars 910L

Astronomy Smart Junior 930L

Journey to the Planets 950L

Results Lexile measure

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Connecting Text to TestsHedgehogs in the Hall Item Calibration 670LMandy gasped. The bundle, about the size of a football, was in fact rocking and rolling forward of its own accord. "Don't touch it!” she said. She pulled at James's sleeve.She James.

A joinedB calledC warnedD invited

Hedgehogs in the Hall Item Calibration 520L "You realize we have less than a week to set up this refuge!” Mandy told James. ”Simon says we have to let them go as soon as they're ready, so they can hibernate through the winter. The nights are already turning frosty!”Mandy wanted to ______.

A agreeB hurryC sleepD leave

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Portrait of a 3rd-Grade Reader

What does “on grade-level” at third grade mean?

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Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992)

Reader measure (in Lexiles)

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Current Job

Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992)

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teacheraccountant

scientist

Reader measure (in Lexiles)

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Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992)

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$5,000-$9,999

$10,000-$14,999

$15,000-$19,999

$20,000-$29,999

$30,000-$39,999

$40,000-$49,999

$50,000-$74,999

$75,000 +

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Reader measure (in Lexiles)

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Literacy Demands of Various Adult Roles

Workplace Continuing Education Citizenship Moral, Ethical, and Legal Entertainment

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Five Faces of Adult Literacy Workplace 1100L to 1400L Continuing Education

– Community College 1100L to 1300L– University 1200L to 1400L

Citizenship (newspapers)– USA Today 1200L– New York Times 1380L

Morals, Ethics, Religion– The Bible: King James Version (revised) 1400L– Koran 1500L– Torah 1500L– The Book of Mormon (1830) 1150L

Entertainment (novels) 800L to 1000L

– Patricia Cornwell, All That Remains 870L– Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember 1010L– Stephen King, Pet Sematary 970L

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Newspaper/News Wire Lexile Analysis

Source

Charlotte Observer

USA Today

Miami Herald

Associated Press

Chicago Tribune

Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles Times

Washington Post

New York Times

Number of Words

109,389

111,067

104,562

112,601

111,830

173,927

109,367

116,057

118,043

Lexile measure

1120L

1200L

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1310L

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1320L

1330L

1350L

1380L

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Anywhere, Anytime Assessment of Reading Comprehension

General objectivity makes theory-based item calibrations possible.

Software can evaluate candidate sentences from any text base.

Software can choose foils that are the same part of speech, but semantically inappropriate.

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Anywhere, Anytime Assessment of Reading Comprehension

Reader measures are expressed in Lexiles, and, thus, are immediately actionable.

Items become transient commodities, thus, inverting the value equation in testing.

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Single-Sentence Reading Items

It’s a ____________ to the job you did with him that he was able to perform so well in class.

testament prophecy forgery nomination

920L

Suddenly the dog’s claws were scratching for ____________ on the slick rock as it charged explosively in pursuit of the birds.

traction manifold recession subsistence

1220L

With his carefully trained mind and eyes, Jonathan read rapidly, assorting and assimilating information, lightly underlining ____________ facts he wanted to refer to later.

cogent laconic comatose histrionic

1530L

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Workplace Applications

Text Environments Reader measures Forecasted Comprehension Learnability and Learning Ability—

readiness for training Information Processing—reading and

writing

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Multiple Measures on a Common Metric

Life science and life cycle perspective

Growth trajectories

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Reading and Writing measured in a common metric

Unifying the measurement of reading and writing

Specifications for a writing assessment