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Events
Upcoming events
August 5, 2010
Minnesota Assessment Conference (Saint Paul, MN)
"Lexile Measures and MCA Reading Scores—Making Test Results Actionable"
Presenter: Dr. Eleanor Sanford-Moore, SVP, Research and Development, and Otis Fulton, SVP, Government Relations, MetaMetrics
Past events
April 2010
April 8 - 11, 2010
NAESP Annual Convention (Houston, TX)
"Using Technology in Elementary School Classrooms to Promote Daily Deliberate Practice in Reading and Growth in Liter"
Presenter: Carl Swartz, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, MetaMetrics
April 13-16, 2010
32nd annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) , (Cambridge, England)
"Linking TOEFL Scores to the Lexile Measure"
Presenters: Cathy Wendler, Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Dr. Eleanor Sanford-Moore, MetaMetrics
April 21 - 24, 2010
2010 NCTM Conference (San Diego, CA)
"Yes Virginia, Good Multiple-Choice Questions do exist!"
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
April 25 - 28, 2010
IRA's 55th Annual Convention (Chicago, IL)
"Matching Spanish Readers with Text: Resources for Designing Targeted Reading Experiences"
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
April 29 - May 4, 2010
NCME/AERA Annual Meeting (Denver, CO)
"How Well Does Text Difficulty Align with Student Reading Ability across the Educational Continuum?"
Presenter: Heather Koons, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
March 2010
March 3, 2010
International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (Singapore)
Pre-conference workshop on the foundations of the Lexile Framework
Presenter: Dr. A. Jackson Stenner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MetaMetrics
March 4, 2010
International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (Singapore)
"The Lexile Framework for Reading"
Presenter: Dr. A. Jackson Stenner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MetaMetrics
March 12 - 14, 2010
2010 NASSP Conference (Phoenix, AZ)
"Mathematics Achievement: Raising up the Struggling and Unleashing the Gifted Students"
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
March 14 - 16, 2010
2010 NCMSA Conference (Greensboro, NC)
"A "Q" Measure on the NC EOGs and EOCs in Mathematics"
Presenter: Ruth Price, Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics
March 24 - 27, 2010
TESOL 2010 (Boston, MA)
"Using TOEFL Reading Scores to Differentiate Instruction"
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
February 2010
February 3 - 6, 2010
2010 NABE Conference (Denver, CO)
"Help Parents Find Interesting, Ability-Appropriate Reading Materials"
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
February 4 - 5, 2010
NWEA Forward 2010 (Charlotte, NC)
Panel Discussions
Presenter: Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., Co-founder and President, MetaMetrics
February 17 - 19, 2010
2010 NC Accountability Conference (Greensboro, NC)
"Quantiles: Coming soon to a Score Report near You!"
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
"Quantiles 101"
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
February 17 - 20, 2010
IRA West Regional Conference (Portland, OR)
"Ideas for Building Spanish/English Literacy at Home"
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
"Supercharged Summer Reading: When Levels and Motivation Come Together"
Presenter: Chris Vitiello, Project Manager, MetaMetrics
January 2010
January 21, 2010
NASSP Leading Literacy for Learning (Reston, VA)
"A one-day workshop for school leaders...by a school leader"
Featured Guest: Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., Co-founder and President, MetaMetrics
November 2009
November 19 - 20, 2009
South Carolina Formative Assessment Conference (Columbia, SC)
"Integrating Technology and Lexile Measures to Enhance Daily Practice"
Presenter: Carl Swartz, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, MetaMetrics
October 2009
October 29 - 30, 2009
NCCTM Annual Conference (Greensboro, NC)
"Empowered to Differentiate with Support from Emperically-Based Data"
Presenter: Ruth Price, Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics
October 17, 2009
NCETA Conference (Greensboro, NC)
Are My Readers Ready? Reading Beyond High School
Presenter: Heather Koons, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
July 2009
July 16 - July 17, 2009
Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) (Houston, TX)
The Power of the Quantile Framework for Instruction: Thursday, 7/16/09, 8:00 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Presenters: Ruth R. Price, M.Ed., Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics, Inc. and Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
The (Free!!) Website Tools for the Quantile Framework: Friday, 7/17/09, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Presenters: Ruth R. Price, M.Ed., Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics, Inc. and Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
July 9 - 12, 2009
2009 AATSP Annual Conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Differentiating Instruction for the Heritage Learner: Resources for Targeting Reading Ability
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, MetaMetrics
April 2009
April 2 - 6, 2009
NAESP's 88th Annual Convention and Exposition (New Orleans, Louisiana)
From Novice to Expert: Using Technology to Promote Individualized Literacy Activites in the Classroom and at Home
Presenters: Carl Swartz Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, MetaMetrics, Inc. and Denise D. Webb, Ed.S., Principal, East Elementary School
April 22, 2009
2009 NCTM Research Pre-session (Washington, DC)
Getting Connected: The Relationship of the Content Strands
April 22 - 25, 2009
National Council of Teacher's of Mathematics Annual Conference (Washington D.C.)
The Relationship of the Content Strands
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
Empowered to Differentiate with Support from Empirically-Based Data
Presenter: Ruth R. Price, M.Ed., Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics
March 2009
March 11 - 13, 2009
NC Reading Association Conference (Greensboro, NC)
Summer Reading with Lexiles: An Individualized Intervention for Everyone
Presenter: Chris Vitiello, Senior Project Manager, School-Based Initiatives, MetaMetrics
March 20 - 21, 2009
West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Mania Conference (Sutton, WV)
Introduction to The Quantile Framework
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
February 2009
February 18 - 20, 2009
2009 DIBELS Summit (Albuquerque, NM)
Differentiating Instruction with Lexiles
Presenter: Dr. Eleanor Sanford-Moore, Vice President, MetaMetrics
February 18 - 20, 2009
2009 North Carolina Accountability Conference (Greensboro, NC)
Quantiles: The Math Version of Lexiles
Presenter: Samantha S. Burg, Ph.D., Research Associate, MetaMetrics
February 18 - 21, 2009
2009 National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (Austin, TX)
Using Lexiles and Spanish Lexiles with Bilingual Learners
Presenter: Amber Aguirre, Research Associate, El Sistema Lexile, MetaMetrics
February 27 - March 1, 2009
2009 NASSP Annual Convention and Exposition (National Association of Secondary School Principals) (San Diego, CA)
Differentiating Math Instruction Using a Developmental Scale
Presenter: Ruth R. Price, M.Ed., Curriculum Specialist, MetaMetrics