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News & Events
Press Releases
2010
- July 21: MetaMetrics Launches Engaging English Service
- July 13: ETS Announces Big Savings for Test Takers with TOEFL® Value Packs
- July 9: Participation in Commissioner's Summer Reading Adventure Soars
- June 1: State Superintendent Launches "READ NC" Literacy Campaign
- May 25: State Officials Team Up to Promote Summer Reading and 'Find a Book' Search Tool
- May 25: Department of Education Launches Commissioner's Summer Reading Adventure in
Partnership with Department of State - April 23: World Book Adds Lexile® Measures to World Book Web Articles
- April 22: Mason Crest Adds Lexile® Measures to a Variety of High-Interest School Books
- April 13: Weekly Reader Adds Lexile® Measures to Its Award-Winning Publications
- April 6: Barnes & Noble and MetaMetrics Offering Free Lexile Seminars
- March 2: School Specialty adds Lexile measures to Making Connections Intervention program
- January 14: MetaMetrics establishes fellowship at University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) School of Education
2009
- December 16: CTB/McGraw-Hill Adds Lexile® Measures to TABE Adult Reading Assessment (Links to CTB/McGraw-Hill site)
- November 9: South Dakota adopts The Lexile® Framework for Reading (Links to South Dakota Department of Education site)
- November 9: Barnes & Noble Kids: An Online Store with a New Look and Broader Selection to Inspire Young Curious Minds, Just in Time for the Holidays (Links to Barnes & Noble site)
- October 5: Kansas Adopts Lexile Measures (Links to Kansas Department of Education site)
- October 1: TOEFL® Reading Scores Now Matched With Lexile Measures (Links to ETS site)
- September 1: DIBELS ORF Scores Available as Lexile® Measures
- August 6: Simon & Schuster, Inc. Adds Lexile® Measures to Books (Links to Simon & Schuster site)
- July 29: Barnes & Noble: First Bookseller to Adopt MetaMetrics' Lexile® Framework for Reading (Links to Barnes & Noble site)
- July 27: Durham-Based MetaMetrics Welcomes Sara S. Hennings as a Senior Research Associate
- June 10: MetaMetrics launches New "Find a Book" Web Site
- May: Measured Progress Adds Lexile® and Quantile Measures to its Progress Toward Standards Online Assessment (Links to Measured Progress site)
- April 15: Capstone Publishers Adopts Lexile® Measures (Links to Capstone's site)
- March 30: GL Assessment Personalises Literacy with MetaMetrics' Lexile® Framework for Reading (Links to GL Assessment's site)
- February 10: MetaMetrics Announces Key Title Changes
- January 6: Lectorum Adds Lexile® Measures to Spanish-Lanaguage Children's Books
2008
- December 9: Wyoming Adopts Lexile® and Quantile® Measures
- November 11: National Geographic School Publishing Adds Lexile® Measures to Hampton-Brown Edge Assessments
- November 5: Workman Publishing Adopts Lexile® Measures
- October 23: "Lexile® Measures" to Provide Parents and Teachers With New Tool to Promote Reading and Literacy (Links to the Commonwealth of Virginia site)
- October 7: Lexile® Measures Added to Latest Edition of LANGUAGE!
- September 26: MetaMetrics Named One of the "Best Places to Work" for Second Straight Year (Links to Triangle Business Journal site)
- September 25: MetaMetrics Launches Spanish Lexile® Analyzer
- September 16: Lexile® and Quantile® Measures Arrive in West Virginia
- August 26: The American Education Corporation Links A+ LearningLink Assessment with the Lexile® and Quantile® Frameworks
- August 19: Missouri Students Receive Lexile® Measures
- May 28: Gareth Stevens Publishing Adds Lexile® Measures to More Than 500 Books for Young Readers
- May 13: Perfection Learning to Add Lexile® Measures to More Than 1,200 Books
- April 8: First African American in Space to Inspire Educators with Keynote at MetaMetrics Conference
- January 10: GL Assessment Transforms Reading Assessment With The Lexile® Framework For Reading (links to GL Assessment site)
2007
- November 14: MetaMetrics Plans 2008 Lexile® National Conference & Quantile® Symposium for San Antonio
- November 7: MetaMetrics Named to List of Fastest Growing Research Triangle Companies
- October 16: MetaMetrics Named Among Top Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in the Research Triangle
- September 12: MetaMetrics Launches New Measure of Student Writing Ability
- August 20: MetaMetrics Honored With 2007 Best Places to Work Award From "Triangle Business Journal"
- July 2: Curriculum Advantage Joins with MetaMetrics to Add Lexile® to New Classworks Science Instruction ( links to Curriculum Advantage site)
- May 8: MetaMetrics CEO Featured Speaker at 2007 International Reading Association Conference in Toronto
- April 4: Deadline for 2007 Lexile® National Reading Conference Early Bird Registration Now April 30
- March 27: Lexile® Added to Sundance/Newbridge Publishing Leveled Readers to Help Teachers Build Student Literacy Skills
- March 20: Lexile® Arrive in the Grand Canyon State: Arizona Department of Education Links Assessments to Measure for Improving Literacy Skills
- March 13: Leaders in Literacy, Assessment and Improving Student Achievement to Keynote at 2007 Lexile® National Reading Conference in Orlando
- January 30: MetaMetrics' Gary Williamson and Robert Baker Win North Carolina Association for Research in Education Distinguished Paper Award
- January 16: Early Bird Registration for 2007 Lexile® National Reading Conference Available Through March 31
2006
- November 16: 2007 Lexile® National Reading Conference Will Focus on "Reading Beyond The Classroom"
- October 24: Andrew Kyngdon Joins Durham-Based MetaMetrics Inc.as Senior Research Scientist
- October 18: Thomson Gale Applies Lexile® to Databases
- September 6: Grolier Online Offers Lexile® Measures for More Than 115,000 Articles
- August 29: MetaMetrics Provides Lexile® Measures for National Braille Press' "Early Reader Series"
- May 16: Top Education Companies Sponsor 2006 Lexile® National Reading Conference in Atlanta
- May 2: Leading Reading Measurement Companies to Link Early Literacy Assessment to Most Widely Adopted Reading Measure
- February 22: Lexile® Coming to Georgia; State Assessments Link to Measure for Improving Student Literacy
- February 8: Literacy Experts, Leaders in Assessment Slated for the 2006 Lexile® National Reading Conference in Atlanta
- February 7: The Lexile® Framework Honored as Finalist in SIIA's 2006 Codie Awards