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At a gathering hosted by British Expertise International, our Director of Arabic Initiatives, Hanan Khalifa, Ph.D., had the privilege of meeting with the Saudi Ambassador to the UK HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud about the #Lexile Framework and Miqyas AlDhad (our new Arabic Framework). We are excited about what's on the horizon for #MiqyasAlDhad!

Last week, we were honored to host the Imagine Learning team in our Durham office. Thanks, Sarah Estrada, Christine Burnham, Audra Kosh, and Laura Paczosa Keehan for visiting! We appreciate our partnership and are excited for things to come!

I loved learning about state literacy action plans at the Hunt Institute #ThePathForward Summit . Call out to MetaMetrics, Inc. partner states: Illinois, New Mexico, and Idaho!

Check out this exciting interview with Sue Ann Towle, our VP of Product Management, by Jeffrey Bradbury at #ISTELive! 🎥 Learn about the new, redesigned Lexile & Quantile Hub launching in September. Discover how this innovative platform can empower educators, impact student achievement and more 🌟. Watch the video and read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gsK9vwvj #EdTech #Education #Lexile #Quantile #ISTE2024

Struggling to sound out words is frustrating for a child learning to read. We know with certainty that students need to be taught to read using a program that is underpinned by the science of reading. However, studies show there’s a critical factor to consider when assessing oral reading fluency and a lot of programs overlook it. The critical factor? The passage difficulty that students are tested with. Researchers have found that passages used to test students differ in difficulty, which can lead to WCPM being inaccurately inflated or deflated. Learn more about this important consideration and how the Lexile Framework for Oral Reading was designed to address it in our latest blog from our Chief Client Relations Officer, Jillian Balow. https://lnkd.in/gqq24CW8  #ScienceOfReading #Lexile #Edtech

☀️🏖️😎July’s Reading Research Recap is now available! How do genetics influence reading ability? And what do parents' education and socioeconomic status have to do with it? These questions (and tons more!) are answered in this month’s deep dive by Neena Saha, PhD. Plus, a special segment: A recap of the Recaps! https://lnkd.in/eSm8PjCk

We’re thrilled to attend the Education Commission of the States #NationalForum on #EdPolicy! Brad Baumgartner, Jillian Balow, Tracy Nicholson, Jason Turner, and Mike Crepeau are in Washington, D.C. this week to participate in conversations about education policy with state leaders from across the country. The team is looking forward to connecting with policymakers to discuss the opportunities and challenges in #k12Education and #CareerReadiness. #EducationPolicy #Workforce #Assessment #EdTech #Lexile #Quantile

🎉 What a week at #LTRC2024! We're thrilled to share that Alistair Van Moere, Jing Wei, and Hanan Khalifa, Ph.D (Reading), MA (Cantab), MSc had an amazing time attending the conference. Ali and Jing conducted a full-day workshop on “Generative AI for content generation and automated scoring: no-code and low-code solutions.” The sessions were packed with insightful discussions and innovative ideas that left everyone inspired. Ali also participated in a panel to help emerging scholars navigate the job market, and Ali and Jing presented a paper co-authored by Steve Lattanzio on novel applications of generative AI in automated essay scoring! A big thank you to all who participated and engaged with us! We look forward to continuing these important conversations and exploring more ways to enhance education through AI. Stay tuned for more updates and see you at the next event! #Education #EdTech #AI #Learning

Finished up yesterday at #LTRC2024 with a session for emerging scholars on "Navigating the job market". Our main message: whether you realise it or not, you are already interviewing! Future employers are at all the conferences and we're watching the progression of PhD students and their presentations with interest. Thanks to my fellow panelists Antony Kunnan, Ute Knoch, Barry O'Sullivan and to Paula Winke for organising the discussion, and best wishes to all job hunting PhD candidates!