International Center for Leadership in Education

Dr. Willard R. Daggett

Developing 21st Century Literacy in Students

June 7, 2010

Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures

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HighSchool

Literature

CollegeLiterature

HighSchool

Textbooks

CollegeTextbooks

Military PersonalUse

Entry-LevelOccupations

SAT 1,ACT,AP*

* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

16 Career Clusters16 Career ClustersDepartment of EducationDepartment of Education

Agriculture and Natural Resources Arts, Audiovisual Technology, and Communications

Business and Administration Architecture and Construction

Education and Training Finance

Health Science Hospitality and Tourism

Human Services Information Technology

Law and Public Safety Manufacturing

Government and Public Administration Retail, Wholesale, and Service

Scientific Research and Engineering Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

Reading RequirementsReading RequirementsFindingsFindings

Entry-levelEntry-level Highest in 6/16Highest in 6/16 Second Highest in 7/16Second Highest in 7/16

Consistent Across CountryConsistent Across Country

 

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 850-930

Inte

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 940-1090

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1000-1140

Human ServicesHuman Services

 

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1390

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1250-1340

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1350

ConstructionConstruction

 

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1440

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1280-1310

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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1280-1330

ManufacturingManufacturing

Quantile Framework

Numbers and Operations

Algebra / Patterns & Functions

Data Analysis & Probability

Measurement

Geometry

500

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Personal Use Employment High School First-Year College

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Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

2005-06 Quantile Framework® for Math StudySummary of Quantile Measures

8th

10th11th

Application ModelApplication Model

1.1. Knowledge in one disciplineKnowledge in one discipline

2. Application within discipline2. Application within discipline

3. Application across disciplines3. Application across disciplines

4. Application to real-world 4. Application to real-world predictable situationspredictable situations

5. Application to real-world 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations

LevelsLevels

CC DD

AA BB 1 2 3 4 5

456

321

Bloom’sBloom’s

ApplicationApplication

Why did we go from college ready to

college and career ready?

Institute for 21st Century Leadership

13

• Develop a vision of student learning based on the

convergence of academics and CTE • Empower your staff• Create instructional leadership at all levels• Strengthen organizational and personal capacities• Build community connections and partnerships

www.21Leader.com

Technology

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Google made searching for data easy

Technology

Media

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Google made searching for data easy

• You Tube entertained us

You Tube

• You Tube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world

• Every 5 minutes, 100+ hours of video is be uploaded to You Tube

Media

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Google made searching for data easy

• You Tube entertained us

• Facebook adds emotional engagement

If Facebook were a Country:

1. China

2. India

3. Facebook

4. United States

5. Indonesia

6. Brazil

7. Pakistan

8. Bangladesh

Social Media Revolution

• Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate

Media

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Google made searching for data easy

• You Tube entertained us

• Facebook adds emotional engagement

• Twitter increased interactivity

Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears

SwedenIsrael

SwitzerlandIrelandNorwayPanama

Have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of

Media Revolution

• 24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation

Mass Media to Personalized Media

• Six in Ten Americans get some news Six in Ten Americans get some news online dailyonline daily

• This is causing newspaper sales drop This is causing newspaper sales drop drasticallydrastically

• Advertising revenues of newspapers Advertising revenues of newspapers fell 43% over last three yearsfell 43% over last three years

Years to Reach 50 Million UsersRadio 38 Years

TV 13 Years

Internet 4 Years

iPod 3 Years

Facebook200 Million

Less than Year

iPod Applications1 Billion

9 Months

“We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is when and how well we will DO it.”

Social Media Revolution

• Some universities have stopped distributing e-mail accounts

• Instead they are distributing: eReaders, iPods, Tablets

Implications

• Blogs

• Twitter

• Facebook

• e-mail

We are creating digital footprint

that will follow us forever

Media

• Microsoft made computers easy to use

• Google made searching for data easy

• You Tube entertained us

• Facebook adds emotional engagement

• Twitter increased interactivity

• Schools worked to keep all of it out

Siftables Siftables

Semantic Web

A B

C D

Prose

Document Quantitative

Implications

Home WorkHome Work Term PaperTerm Paper

Skills Gap

Common Core Standards

Semantic Web

Knowledge

TEST

•Access •Evaluate •Use

Mass Media have NOT engaged in the Personalization

ORThe Power of 1 Movement

Neither have our Schools

This We Know

• Digital World

• Natives

• Mass to Personalized

• Schools pre-date Electric Typewriters

• Museums

EXPERT SPACE

Expert Space Expert Space

• Tie to standards

Multiple Reading Scaffolds

Lexile Level:Lexile Level:600-800600-800

Lexile Level:Lexile Level:800-1000800-1000

Lexile Level:Lexile Level:1000-12001000-1200

Spanish TranslationsSpanish Translations

EXPERT SPACE – IncludesEXPERT SPACE – Includes

• Updated• Cross Curricular• 21st Century• Project Based• Electronic Portfolio• 24/7 Learning• Parent Involvement

NeedsNeeds

• Focus on standards • Relevant Instruction• Individualize Instruction (class size)• Professional Development(Job embedded Professional Learning)

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