The MetaMetrics corporation has created a book difficulty measurement device, called the Lexile system. It purports to rate books based on their difficulty level—but readers who study their grading ...

TURNITIN, the plagiarism-catcher turned instructional writing program, is now introducing Lexile scores to their Revision Assistant, a tool which provides computer-generated feedback to students on ...

MetaMetrics has updated its Lexile Framework for Reading with three new enhancements designed to help beginning readers find books matched to their skill level more easily. All books that scored 0L or ...

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MetaMetrics, an innovative leader in educational measurement, assessment, and AI, announces the launch of the redesigned Lexile® & Quantile® Hub ...

Renaissance Learning is partnering with MetaMetrics to add Lexile measures to its reading platforms, including Accelerated Reader, STAR Early Literacy and Subtext. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school ...

The only correct answer is “d,” since all the others have a “Lexile” score so low that they are deemed most appropriate for fourth, fifth, or sixth graders. This idea might seem ridiculous, but it’s ...

I think every child needs to have some kind of reading intervention. Michael Ballone, director of curriculum for the K-8 Marlboro Township Public Schools in New Jersey, has a clear idea of what most ...

At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for a 6-year-old. The teacher pointed to percentages scrawled in red ink. I looked and listened.

For decades, we’ve had tools to measure the complexity of writing that still survive in some writing software as “Text Analysis.” For example, Flesch’s Reading Ease score and Flesch-Kincaid scores ...