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The Shoe Story

The Shoe Story. by Dr. Jack Stenner, CEO of MetaMetrics, Inc.

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The Shoe Story

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  1. The Shoe Story by Dr. Jack Stenner, CEO of MetaMetrics, Inc. Some time ago, I went into a shoe store and asked for a fifth-grade shoe. The clerk looked at me suspiciously and asked if I knew how much shoe sizes varied among 11-year-olds. He pointed out that the shoe size was not nearly as important as purpose, style, color, etc. But if I would specify the features I wanted and size, he could walk to the back and magically reappear with several options to my liking.

  2. He further noted, somewhat condescendingly, that the store used the same metric to measure feet and shoes, and that when there was a match between foot and shoe, the shoes got worn, there was no pain, the customer was happy and became a repeat customer. I called home and got my son’s shoe size and then asked the clerk for a size 8, high-top basketball shoe.

  3. After a brief credit-card transaction, I had my shoes.

  4. I then walked next door to my favorite bookstore and asked for a fifth-grade fantasy novel. Without hesitation, the clerk and I walked to a shelf where she gave me three choices. I chose The Hobbit, a 1000 Lexile classic that I had read three times, and went home. My son, I later learned, was then reading at 850 Lexiles. His understandable response was… to put down the book in favor of passionately practicing free throws in the driveway.

  5. What is a Lexile Measure? • Valuable information about either an individual’s reading ability or the difficulty of a text • Measures from 200L to 2000L

  6. What is a Lexile based on? • Two strong predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend. • Word frequency • Sentence length

  7. The Lexile Framework • If we know how well a student can read and how hard a specific book is to comprehend, we can predict how well that student will likely understand the book. • “Targeted” reading experience

  8. Targeted Reading Experience • Student will comprehend approximately 75% of a book with the same Lexile measure. • Reader will comprehend enough to understand the text, but will also face some reading challenge.

  9. Lexile Range • Suggested range that the student should be reading • Want 50L above to 100L below the student’s Lexile measure

  10. What a Lexile does NOT measure • Content • Complexity of plot • Complexity of character(s) • Quality • “Good” books • Books to “hook” reluctant readers • Developmental Suitability • Age appropriateness • Prior knowledge required for comprehension

  11. Lexile.comLexile.com/booksearch • Provides Lexile measures of books • Can search for books using a Lexile range • Several search options

  12. Lexile / Grade Equivalent Range

  13. Why do some students who enter first grade with an excitement for reading, lose it completely by high school?

  14. “I could get students reading, if only I could…” • Know students’ reading levels now, not at the end of the year. • Have tools to match readers to text. • Give students a choice of books.

  15. SRITest Validity • Passages from authentic fiction and nonfiction text • Questions with an embedded completion item format

  16. An Overview of SRI • An item bank of more than 4,500 test questions • Fill-in-the-blank (cloze) format with multiple choice answers • Untimed testing session • Average of 25 questions • Three skips without affecting test results

  17. Use SRIResults to… • Match students to appropriate text. • Monitor students’ reading growth over time and progress toward grade-level proficiency. • Group students to provide targeted instruction.

  18. What Can Affect Test Results? Physical State Hunger Illness Anxiety Fatigue Physical Comfort Emotional State Excitement Anxiety Attentiveness Confidence Relationships External Sources Noise Timing Lighting Weather Interruptions Temperature

  19. The Student Experience • Log in to SRI. • Choose up to three book interests. • Take a practice test. • Take an SRItest. • View a personal reading list.

  20. Log in to SRI

  21. Choose Book Interests

  22. Take a Practice Test • Ensures students understand directions. • Prompts students who have difficulty to ask for help.

  23. Take an SRITest

  24. View a Reading List

  25. The Lexile Frameworkfor Reading • Research-based readability measure • Places student and text on the same level • Helps you match students to leveled books

  26. Children’s Books 340L 560L 610L 730L 780L 880L 1010L

  27. Adult Books

  28. Adult Books 600L 670L 680L 710L 790L 890L 1040L

  29. Students Learn to ReadBy Reading Voluminously!

  30. Talking About Books • Discuss books during conferences. • Encourage students to recommend books to other students. • Direct book talks and author studies.

  31. Report Types • Classroom Management • Progress Monitoring • Instructional Planning • Alerts and Acknowledgments • School-to-Home Communication

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