MetaMetrics Partners With Rosen Publishing Group to Provide Lexile Measures for 1,000 Books
Educational Reference Materials Receive Popular Text Complexity Metric
(firmenpresse) - DURHAM, NC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/06/15 -- MetaMetrics®, developer of the widely adopted Lexile® Framework for Reading, is pleased to announce its partnership with Rosen Publishing Group, an independent educational publishing house. Rosen Publishing Group develops high interest, curriculum-correlated reference materials for students in grades Pre-K-12. Rosen Publishing will provide Lexile measures for 1,000 titles across all of their imprints.
"We are pleased to partner with Rosen Publishing Group," stated Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., president and co-founder of MetaMetrics. "We are thrilled such a prominent publisher of award-winning reference materials has chosen Lexile measures to guide their readers in selecting materials based on text complexity."
Beginning this fall, Rosen Publishing Group's website and catalogs will include Lexile measures for select titles from all of their imprints, including PowerKids Press, Rosen Classroom, Rosen Young Adult and Windmill Books.
"We are excited to offer Lexile measures for many of our titles" said Gina Strazzabosco, Chief Operating Officer. "We believe adding Lexile measures will help educators and readers alike find books that support development of critical reading skills. By providing Lexile measures for our collection, students can read leveled materials across the content areas."
Lexile measures place readers and texts on a common scale, matching students with appropriately challenging reading materials. Recognized as the standard for individually matching readers with texts, tens of millions of students worldwide receive Lexile measures to help them choose targeted readings from more than 100 million articles, books and websites that have been measured. Lexile measures provide a framework for monitoring student progress toward college and career readiness.
is focused on improving education for learners of all ages and ability levels. The organization develops scientific measures of academic achievement and complementary technologies that link assessment results with real-world instruction. MetaMetrics' products and services for reading (, ), mathematics () and writing () provide unique insights about academic ability and the potential for growth, enabling individuals to achieve their goals at every stage of development. Connect with the organization at: .
Rosen Publishing, Inc. is an independent educational publishing house, established in 1950 to serve the needs of students in grades Pre-K -12 with high interest, curriculum-correlated materials. Specializing in circulating reference material aimed at school and public libraries, Rosen titles are the gold standard in guidance, social studies, history, science, and mathematics, as well as general high interest topics for children and young adults. Rosen publishes more than seven hundred new books each year and has a backlist of more than seven thousand.
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