1. The Lexile Frameworks for Reading and Writing
Developmental scales
Instructional resources
130,000 books
400 million digital articles
Oasis—A Student Web-based application
Reading: Articles and classics
Writing: Essay writing and paragraph edits

2. College and Career Ready

3. Preparing for College and Career: Observed vs
Preparing for College and Career: Observed vs. Stretch Text Complexity Through the Grades
Stenner, A.J., Koons, H., & Swartz, C.W. (2009). Closing the text complexity gap: Reconceptualizing the text complexity continuum.

4. College and Career Ready Writing: Observed vs. Stretch Text
Complexity

5. Real-time corrective feedback that is based on one’s performance
Deliberate Practice in the 21st Century: Blending Assessment and Instruction1
Targeted practice in which one is engaged in developmentally appropriate activities
Real-time corrective feedback that is based on one’s performance
Intensive practice on a daily basis that provides results that monitor current ability
Distributed practice that provides appropriate activities over a long period of time (i.e., 5–10 years), which allows for monitoring growth towards expert performance
Self-directed practice for those times when a coach, mentor or teacher is not available
A developmental scale for monitoring growth
1Glaser, 1996; Kellogg, 2006; Shea & Paull, 1996; Wagner & Stanovich, 1996

6. The evaluation question, “Are students (on a trajectory for being) college and career ready?”
Stenner, A.J., Koons, H., & Swartz, C.W. (2009). Closing the text complexity gap: Reconceptualizing the text complexity continuum.

7. Growth in Reading Skill from 2009-2010 in the Context of Expected Growth and
College and Career Readiness