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Play Now	Title	Description

	Total Reader Overview - Educators Coming Soon!	Learn how Total Reader can be integrated into your classroom!
	Total Reader Overview – Students 1 min 36 seconds	Learn more about why students love using Total Reader!
	Total Reader Overview – Parents 2 min 35 seconds	Learn how to track your child’s reading growth from home!

	What is the Lexile Framework for Reading? 6 min 29 seconds	Learn more about the basic concept and uses of the Lexile Framework for Reading.
	Lexile and Grade Level 2 min 22 seconds	Learn what an individuals Lexile measure tells us about their grade level reading ability.
	Lexile and Age Appropriateness 1 min 59 seconds	Learn what the Lexile measure of a book can tell you about it’s age appropriateness.
	Lexile and Book Selection Limitations 1 min 59 seconds	Help answer the question, “Should I be worried about the use of Lexile measures limiting what a child can read?”
	Lexile and Difficulty 3 min 43 seconds	Why do some books with high Lexile measures seem easier to read than those with lower Lexile measures?
	Lexile and Book Quality 2 min 10 seconds	What, if anything, does the Lexile measure of a book indicate about a book’s quality?

	Title	Description

	Total Reader Student Training Guide	Helpful tips for student users to start using Total Reader!
	Total Reader Educator Training Guide	Helpful tips for educators to start using Total Reader and frequently asked questions!
	Total Reader What Works Training Guide	Best practices for motivating reading growth for any content, any grade and any student!
	Total Reader Technical Guide	Learn more about how Total Reader works and its scientific-reliability.

	Bending the Text Complexity to Close the Gap	Research to help close the identified gap between the reading demands of high school and the postsecondary world.
	Quantifying the Reading Ability Needed for "College & Career Readiness	Find out how the Lexile Framework for Reading can help quantify college and career readiness.
	The Text Complexity Continuum in Grades 1 – 12	This brief summarizes research that quantifies grade-level text complexity across grades 1 – 12.
	Bridging the Readiness Gap	Demystifying required reading levels for postsecondary pursuit.
	Bending the Reading Growth Trajectory	Instructional strategies to promote reading skills and close the readiness gap.
	What is Expected Growth?	Research outlining the expected Lexile growth of students.
	Fulfilling the Promise of the Common Core	Innovative solutions to eliminate the readiness gap in the “new normal.”
	Aligning the Journey with a Destination	A model for K-16 reading standards and research to help all students become college and career ready.
	Student Readiness for Postsecondary Options	Research around why some students who leave high school successfully may be nevertheless unprepared for the array of possibilities that face them in the postsecondary world.
	Why Do Scores Change?	Learn about the various reasons for why users may see fluctuations in their Lexile score.
	The Reading – Writing Connection	Information about how a students reading and writing abilities are complimentary and growth in one skill inevitably leads to growth in the other
	Text Complexity of English International Newspapers	An investigation into the text complexity of online English newspapers sampled from around the world
	Next-Generation Assessments	Seven principles to help guide the development of 21st century assessments.