edufest 2015 at iit madras - presentation on literacy pro by neeraj jain
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• How much growth are your independent readers showing a year and what should you expect or aim for?
• Is your reading assessment data research-based and on a continuous developmental scale so you can track development over several years?
• How can you use your data to inform and evaluate teaching practice?
• How can you use your data to develop students’ independent reading skills?
What do you know about your students’ reading performance?
Scholastic Literacy Pro
The best choice for measuring, monitoring and motivating reading progress
The Literacy Pro Path to Developing Successful Readers is An Integrated Cycle
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AssessMake testing meaningful and actionable Measure progress with the LitPro Test, a fast and accurate tool to evaluate reading levels
InformAccess powerful data and reportsGather information and insights to better understand student needs and facilitate reading development
DevelopMotivate progress with the right books Literacy Pro provides students with individualized reading plans that motivate them to read more and improve their performance
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AssessMake testing meaningful and actionable Measure progress with the LitPro Test, a fast and accurate tool to evaluate reading levels
InformAccess powerful data and reportsGather information and insights to better understand student needs and facilitate reading development
DevelopMotivate progress with the right books Literacy Pro provides students with individualized reading plans that motivate them to read more and improve their performance
ASSESS reader ability and text complexity on the same developmental scale – Lexile.
What is a Lexile?• Lexile is the only reading comprehension
measurement that finds the right books by measuring readers and texts on the same scale.
• Over 30 years of scientific research make Lexile measures reliable and accurate from beginning readers to adult, for 1st and 2nd language learners.
• Over 100 million articles, books, websites – and students – have been measured for Lexile scores
ASSESSMENT
Sentence Length / Syntactic Complexity
• Longer sentences typically contain more clauses therefore more information to process.
• This increases the difficulty of a text.
• Certain words are used more frequently increasing understanding and the ability to infer meaning.
• Less familiar words impede reading fluency and affect comprehension.
Vocabulary Frequency/Semantic Difficulty
The big dragons would not let Rascal play.Extracted from Little Rascal to the Rescue by Paul Jennings ; 180L
He stroked the shell and whispered, ‘Come out sea, come out, I won’t hurt you.’ He waited and waited. Nothing happened. Then he heard a swish-swishing noise and the sea rushed out of the shell.Extracted from There’s a Sea in My Bedroom by Margaret Wild; 410L
Nothing like this man had ever been seen in Privet Drive. He was tall, thin and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak which swept the ground and high-heeled buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling, behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twiceHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling; 880L
ASSESSMENT: Lexile Measures- Two Concepts
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AssessMake testing meaningful and actionable Measure progress with the LitPro Test, a fast and accurate tool to evaluate reading levels
InformAccess powerful data and reportsGather information and insights to better understand student needs and facilitate reading development
DevelopMotivate progress with the right books Literacy Pro provides students with individualized reading plans that motivate them to read more and improve their performance
The data gathered is used to INFORM teaching/learning decisions
Reading Proficiency Bands• Literacy Pro provides teachers with the
distribution of students into four Proficiency bands:– Advanced – reading ‘well above’ the Lexile text
level expected for a year level– Proficient – reading ‘in’ the year level range– Basic – reading ‘below’ the year level range– Below basic – reading ‘well below’ the year level
range
INFORMATION
School Leader/ Class Teacher’s Home Page
INFORMATION
Average Growth
Average Lexile
Current Lexile, expected growth and norm
Reading Proficiency
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AssessMake testing meaningful and actionable Measure progress with the LitPro Test, a fast and accurate tool to evaluate reading levels
InformAccess powerful data and reportsGather information and insights to better understand student needs and facilitate reading development
DevelopMotivate progress with the right books Literacy Pro provides students with individualized reading plans that motivate them to read more and improve their performance
The data gathered is used to DEVELOP readers by aligning them with books at the right level
A customized list is automatically generated
…and student-selected interests
Books based on student’s Lexile level, age, …
NOTE: Literacy Pro suggests but does not include books. Books, including ebooks available in Literacy Pro Library, are purchased separately.
DEVELOPMENT
After reading a book, a student may take an online quiz
I think Michael Morpurgo books are great! They’re so exciting.
DEVELOPMENT
Congratulations, Chris
The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo
Pupil results are updated
DEVELOPMENT
660L 56 398,356 78%
Receiving immediate feedback and seeing results change motivates students to read more
DEVELOPMENT
Chris Ratcliffe
Name: Chris RatcliffeSchool: Stoneridge SchoolYear/Grade: 4 Dear Parent or Caregiver, Chris has completed the LitPro Test, a test that evaluates students’ reading levels. In the test, students read fiction and nonfiction passages drawn from books and informational materials. They then complete sentences that measure their understanding of what they’ve read. Based on this, the test generates a reading comprehension level unique to each student’s responses.
Chris has scored a 550 Lexile measure. The Lexile reading range for a year/grade 4 student is 480-630L. Chris’s reading score is based on the Lexile Framework. It is a scale that matches readers to books. When Chris’s reading level (Lexile) is around the Lexile level of a book, Chris can read that book with confidence and control. At this target rate of comprehension, material is challenging
Certificates are based on points they have earned or number of books read
Quiz data adds to a student’s Reading Report Card
DEVELOPMENT
62/56
INFORMATIONDEVELOPMENT
This report summarises both Lexile and Quiz data for each Student