Professional Development

Putting Lexile® and Quantile® measures to work for you and your students

Lexile On-Site Workshops

Each year, more than 35 million Lexile® and Quantile® measures arereported from state and classroomassessments or instructional programs.MetaMetrics® offers a variety of educationalservices for putting Lexile and Quantilemeasures to work for you and your students.

Lexile and Quantile ProfessionalDevelopment teaches you what the measures mean and inspires you with the con�dence and ability to integrate The Lexile® Framework for Reading and The Quantile® Framework for Mathematicsinto your school or district. That is whyschool administrators, teachers, reading andmathematics specialists and other educationprofessionals have turned to ProfessionalDevelopment to learn how they can useLexile and Quantile measures to informinstruction and improve achievement for all students.

Our interactive workshops demonstrate how you can use Lexile and Quantile measures—and the many tools that leverage them—to:

· achieve your curricular objectives.· differentiate instruction and manage comprehension.· set achievable goals and track progress.· map day-to-day progress to desired results on high-stakes tests.· communicate with parents about students’ progress and goals.· meet federal and state requirements for student performance and growth.

Informational Sessions: The Lexile Framework for Reading – An Introduction

Intended for: Administrators, principals, literacy coordinators, publishing/testing partners and parents

This sixty to ninety minute session is intended as an introduction to the Lexile Framework for Reading and is perfect for meetings, conferences and professional development days. Additionally, this session can be customized to address the needs and questions of parents and publishing/testing partners. (Available on-site or via a live web session) Topics covered include:

· the development of the Lexile Framework for Reading.· how Lexile measures can be used in a school, district or home to support reading growth.· using Lexile measures as a benchmark for gauging college and career readiness.· the importance of reading over the summer to combat summer learning loss.· how Lexile measures are built into speci�c assessments (on request). Half-Day Workshop: Foundations of the Lexile Framework for Reading

Intended for: Curriculum administrators, principals, testing coordinators, librarians and media specialists

Be sure to ask about CEU credits. Your district may recognize Lexile Framework professional development sessions as ongoing professional development.

This half day (3 hours) workshop explores the fundamentals of the Lexile Framework for Reading. This workshop provides an overview of how you can use Lexile measures in schools and classrooms to successfully manage your reading instructional programs and resources. Topics covered include:

· the development of the Lexile Framework for Reading.· understanding Lexile measures as indicators of text complexity and reading level.· how to determine Lexile measures for classroom materials and student Lexile measures.· using Lexile measures to match readers with text and forecast comprehension.· using Lexile measures across the content areas.· free Lexile-linked resources.· monitor student progress toward college and career readiness.· understanding how Lexile measures may be used to drive instrution.· understanding the relationship between Lexile measures and the Common Core State Standards.· the importance of reading over the summer to combat summer learning loss.· a brief overview of www.Lexile.com.

Professional Development

Putting Lexile® and Quantile® measures to work for you and your students

Lexile On-Site Workshops

Each year, more than 35 million Lexile® and Quantile® measures arereported from state and classroomassessments or instructional programs.MetaMetrics® offers a variety of educationalservices for putting Lexile and Quantilemeasures to work for you and your students.

Lexile and Quantile ProfessionalDevelopment teaches you what the measures mean and inspires you with the con�dence and ability to integrate The Lexile® Framework for Reading and The Quantile® Framework for Mathematicsinto your school or district. That is whyschool administrators, teachers, reading andmathematics specialists and other educationprofessionals have turned to ProfessionalDevelopment to learn how they can useLexile and Quantile measures to informinstruction and improve achievement for all students.

Our interactive workshops demonstrate how you can use Lexile and Quantile measures—and the many tools that leverage them—to:

· achieve your curricular objectives.· differentiate instruction and manage comprehension.· set achievable goals and track progress.· map day-to-day progress to desired results on high-stakes tests.· communicate with parents about students’ progress and goals.· meet federal and state requirements for student performance and growth.

Full-Day Workshop: Applying the Lexile Framework for Reading

Intended for: Teachers (all content areas), reading specialists, curriculum administrators, librarians and media specialists

Be sure to ask about CEU credits. Your district may recognize Lexile Framework professional development sessions as ongoing professional development.

Discover how you can make Lexile measures actionable in the classroom. The full-day workshops provide extensive, interactive training on how to use the Lexile Framework for Reading to maximize student reading growth. Attendees will participate in group activities that provide hands-on learning experiences that will impact day-to-day decisions about reading and instruction. Information and classroom simulation activities will help participants set measurable goals for students, as well as monitor, differentiate and evaluate reading instruction. Topics covered include:

· the development of the Lexile Framework for Reading.· understanding Lexile measures as indicators of text complexity and reading level. · how to determine Lexile measures for classroom materials and student Lexile measures.· using Lexile measures to match readers to text and forecast comprehension.· monitor student progress toward college and career readiness.· accessing online tools and resources to support targeted instruction and student achievement-across all content areas and grade levels.· utilizing state databases (where available) to identify Lexile-linked resources and differentiated content.· classroom practices and strategies for utilizing the Lexile Framework.· communicating with parents about student reading goals and progress.· informing students about how to select text.· understand the relationship between Lexile measures and the Common Core

State Standards.· a guided and interactive tour of www.Lexile.com.

The Lexile Framework in the Library and Community

Intended for: Media specialists, public librarians, school librarians, parents and community leaders

The Lexile Framework for Reading may be utilized in both public and school libraries to facilitate text selection and reading growth. This sixty to ninety minute session includes information relevant to not just media specialist and librarians, but community leaders and parents. Topics covered include:

· the development of the Lexile Framework for Reading.· what Lexile measures mean.· how Lexile measures may be utilized to support text selection and facilitate reading growth.· the effects of summer learning loss and the importance of summer reading programs.· parental and community involvement in literacy growth.· how media specialists can support the curriculum.

Professional Development

Putting Lexile® and Quantile® measures to work for you and your students

Lexile On-Site Workshops

Each year, more than 35 million Lexile® and Quantile® measures arereported from state and classroomassessments or instructional programs.MetaMetrics® offers a variety of educationalservices for putting Lexile and Quantilemeasures to work for you and your students.

Lexile and Quantile ProfessionalDevelopment teaches you what the measures mean and inspires you with the con�dence and ability to integrate The Lexile® Framework for Reading and The Quantile® Framework for Mathematicsinto your school or district. That is whyschool administrators, teachers, reading andmathematics specialists and other educationprofessionals have turned to ProfessionalDevelopment to learn how they can useLexile and Quantile measures to informinstruction and improve achievement for all students.

Our interactive workshops demonstrate how you can use Lexile and Quantile measures—and the many tools that leverage them—to:

· achieve your curricular objectives.· differentiate instruction and manage comprehension.· set achievable goals and track progress.· map day-to-day progress to desired results on high-stakes tests.· communicate with parents about students’ progress and goals. · meet federal and state requirements for student performance and growth.

Train the Trainer: the Lexile Framework for Reading

Intended for: Professional development coordinators, literacy coaches and intervention specialists

This premium 2.5 to 3 day workshop will equip and enable you to lead your own Lexile workshops across your own school or district. This workshop provides thorough training not only on the Lexile Framework, but on how this material can be communicated across audiences and implemented throughout your district. This multi-day session is limited to small groups and requires intensive participation. All participants will be provided relevant training materials, including PowerPoints and supplemental material. The Train the Trainer workshop will cover:

· the development of the Lexile Framework for Reading.· what Lexile measures mean.· utilizing Lexile measures in the classroom.· forecasting college and career readiness.· the Lexile Framework and the Common Core.· Lexile-linked resources.· Lexile tools and the website.· Lexile FAQs.· teach-back opportunities.

Custom Options: Information on the Lexile Framework for Reading

Intended for: All educators

MetaMetrics can customize workshops and informational sessions to meet your unique needs. Whether you need a general overview for a particular audience or speci�c information tailored to your department or staff, MetaMetrics can tailor a session for you. Our facilitators can deliver a customized session – whether one hour or six hours – aligned to the needs of your school, district, conference or company. Call or email for details.

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MetaMetrics, an educational measurement and research organization, develops scienti�c measures of student achievement that link assessment with targeted instruction to improve learning. The organization’s psychometric team developed the widely used Lexile Framework for Reading, El Sistema Lexile® para Leer, the Spanish-language version of the reading framework; The Quantile Framework for Mathematics; and The Lexile® Framework for Writing. In addition to licensing Lexile and Quantile measures to state departments of education, testing and instructional companies and publishers, MetaMetrics offers professional development, resource measurement and customized consulting services.

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Quantile On-Site Workshops

Quantile Webinars/Online Workshops

Half-Day: Foundations of The Quantile Framework

Intended for: Curriculum administrators, principals, testing coordinators and mathematics specialists

· History and development of the Quantile Framework for Mathematics· Using Quantile measures to understand task dif�culty and student readiness· How the Quantile map relates to the developmental structure of mathematics · Answering teachers’ and parents’ questions about the Quantile Framework · Guided tour of www.Quantiles.com

Full-Day: Understanding and Using the Quantile Framework

Intended for: Mathematics teachers, mathematics specialists, curriculumadministrators, principals and supervisors

· History and development of the Quantile Framework for Mathematics· Using Quantile measures to understand task dif�culty and student readiness· How the Quantile map relates to the developmental structure of mathematics· Answering teachers’ and parents’ questions about the Quantile Framework · Guided tour of www.Quantiles.com · Using Quantile Web tools to differentiate instruction, develop grade-level lesson plans and meet school, district and state standards

· Online, facilitator-led overview of the Quantile Framework for Mathematics · Visit www.lexile.com/pd/webinars for details