This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. International Reading Association Readability SIG 2013 San Antonio, TX, Sunday, April 21, 2013 Jack Stenner, CEO, MetaMetrics Adjunct Research Professor, UNC Chapel Hill

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This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Resources Measured Over 150,000 books measured Nearly 50,000 textbooks measured More than 100 million articles and websites measured (Gates Foundation funded “Module Creator” unlocks this resource) Popular content aggregator partners with measured materials: – EBSCO, GALE CENGAGE, ProQuest 4

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Lexile® Analyzer Stats Over 210,000 Lexile.com users have access to the Lexile Analzyer Over 1.7 million files have been analyzed More than 1.7 billion words measured Access to the Lexile Analyzer is free for registered users. For more information, visit 5

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Qualitative Lexile Codes AD (Adult Directed): Text that is usually read to a child, rather than a child reading them independently. NC (Non-Conforming): Text that has a Lexile measure markedly higher than is typical for the publisher's intended audience or designated developmental level of the book. HL (High-Low): Text that has a Lexile measure much lower than the average reading ability of the intended age range of its readers. IG (Illustrated Guide): Text that consists of independent pieces or sections of text such as in an encyclopedia or glossary. GN (Graphic Novel): Text that is a graphic novel or comic book. BR (Beginning Reading): Text that receives a Lexile measures below OL. NP (Non-Prose): Text that is comprised of more than 50% non- standard or non-conforming prose. 6

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. TitleExcerpt Measure Full Text Measure Amazon: Age Range Polar Bears (Cotton, 2004) 520L (words = 268) 430L (words = 426) 5 and up Global Warming (Simon, 2010) 1000L (words = 621) 980L (words = 2005) 6-10 years The Boston Tea Party (Freedman, 2012) 1130L (words = 882) 1130L (words = 2368) 7-10 years Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll, 1865) 1360L (words = 313) 940L (words = 25,597) 10 and up 7

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. A typical 5 th grade classroom has 800L of reading range, meaning the comprehension rate for one of these titles is 25% to 95%. 8

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This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Smoothed end-of-grade median text complexity exposure trajectories (in Lexiles) for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) current-day and proposed 2012 aspirational text complexity exposures, with accompanying 2012 aspirational CCSS end-of-grade-level ranges 10

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Given a Lexile measure for a text what information might moderate that measure and its use? – Scaffolding: Audio supported reading increases comprehension by 200L. – Task Demand: What post reading activities will the learner engage in? Some tasks are harder than others. – Qualitative Lexile Codes 11

This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information about Lexile measures, visit For more information about MetaMetrics, visit MetaMetrics 1000 Park Forty Plaza Drive, Suite 120 Durham, North Carolina Phone: Toll Free: LEXILES ( ) Theoretical versus Empirical Text Complexity for 719 Articles* Reliability = SEM = 12.8L r = r” = R 2” = RMSE” = 89.6L * Inclusion criteria: 50 encounters and 1,000 items Mean Theoretical = 884.4L (356.2) Mean Empirical = 884.4L (355.0)

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This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Emergent Reader Research (Summer 2013) New research now allows further refinement of emergent readers and texts to help differentiate instruction and measure growth at the early grades. On the text side... – Studies examined text features for emergent texts – Text complexity software, i.e. Lexile Analyzer, enhanced to incorporate these features – Emergent text that fall below 0L now receive a Lexile measure (Ex. BR150L) On the reader side... – Refinement of emergent texts on scale allows for match of reader on the same scale 14

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This presentation constitutes the confidential information of MetaMetrics, Inc. Copyright © 2013 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information about Lexile measures, visit For more information about MetaMetrics, visit MetaMetrics 1000 Park Forty Plaza Drive, Suite 120 Durham, North Carolina Phone: Toll Free: LEXILES ( ) 16