MetaMetrics Unveils the Lexile Framework for Listening at LearnLaunch 2020
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Listenwise curates the best of NPR programming and other podcasts for the classroom, providing teachers with content that exposes students to stories and current events with relevance across disciplines. Listenwise podcast lessons will soon include Lexile audio measures for each story to ensure that students are connected with passages of appropriate complexity that target their listening comprehension skills. According to a 2017 study by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), when hiring for mid-level positions, corporate recruiters consider communications skills the most important, with listening as the second-highest ranked. To develop this new Lexile Framework, MetaMetrics worked in partnership with Listenwise, Achieve3000, DaDaTeach Away and Tales2go, Inc. to conduct field studies with more than 17,000 domestic and international students in grades 1-12. Students are motivated by the interesting real-world stories, and Listenwise provides the literacy supports and tools for differentiating instruction necessary for diverse classrooms including ELs and reluctant readers.
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