Lexplore boosts results by supporting teachers, motivating pupils and helping organisations understand reading development
Reading progression
Efficiency
Motivation
Equitable
Better results over all
Reading progression with Lexplore
The city of Lidingö increases reading ability levels
Since the city of Lidingö in Sweden started using Lexplore in all their schools to work systematically with reading development, the number of good readers has increased and the number of struggling readers has declined. The main success factors:
Providing fast and unbiased insights that follow the progression of organisations, groups and individual reading journeys over time
Improving teachers’ work with reading comprehension and reading strategies to support reading development
Working with reading in all subjects
Efficiency with Lexplore
Time and cost savings in Matchborough First School Academy
The implementation of Lexplore Assessment has certainly provided us with time saving particularly for pupils who would normally need a whole lesson to complete a traditional-reading paper. As testing per child is only 5 minutes, there is no detrimental impact on children’s learning or wider curriculum. This is a real strength of the programme!
Quick and timesaving assessment vs paper based assessment
Results are available within seconds
Insights that are easy to understand and take action upon
Easy to navigate portal for staff members
Not having to complete large amounts of onerous marking is time saving for teachers
Motivation with Lexplore
New ways of working with reading
The Lexplore way of assessing is motivational and engaging for both teachers and pupils. New technology was appealing to the staff of Matchborough First School Academy. They also quickly found out that children enjoyed the experience as it was something new to them and were intrigued by the eye-tracking technology.
Fun and engaging way of assessing engaged more pupils in their own reading journeys
Additional resources including intervention packages made it motivational for the staff
Automated content based on the assessment boosts pupils' confidence and motivation by giving them the right content at the right time
Increased equitability
In Kristinehamn city, they share the impact of working together in a systematic way. When all the schools in the city worked togethersystematically with reading development, it created equal opportunities for the pupils. Lexplore’sefficient methods andinsights,helped Kristineshamns school leaders get a quick and objective overview of all pupils’reading skills. It also helped the teachers deliver early interventions in class at an earlier stage than before.
Objective assessment enables data-driven decision making
Enables early intervention to improve results
Easy to follow each individual pupil’s reading journey
Better readers do better in school and in life
Uppsala municipality discovered a correlation between reading skills and grades in secondary school. When schools started to work on reading skills in all subjects,the pupils’ grades went up. Pupils went from reading silently in class, to reading aloud with their peers, having conversations about texts they read, and increasingthe focus on concept learning. They also focused more on decoding skills and fluency practice. This produced immediateresults.
Insights about pupils’ reading are easy to find and understand, allowing all teachers to work systematically with reading
Enabling teachers to work with reading in all subjects has an effect on pupils’ grades
Good readers have a better chance of success in school and life
How to make an impact!
How to make an impact with Systematic Reading Development
