Our Changing World

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Our Changing World
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1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe
Central Units Memory 8 MB 2004 iPod 4
GB 2005 iPod 20 GB 2006 iPod 80 GB
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Image source www.dell.com
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Number Crunching Information Processing
PowerMoores Law
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Projection Keyboard
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Projection Keyboard
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Projection Keyboard and Projector
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Translation Goggles
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Lexile Literature

• 1500 - On Ancient Medicine
• 1400 - The Scarlet Letter
• 1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.
• 1200 - War and Peace
• 1100 - Pride and Prejudice
• 1000 - Black Beauty
• 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
• 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
• 700 - Bunnicula A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
• 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances
• 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
• 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends
• 300 - Cliffords Manners

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Lexile Texts

• 1500 - The Making of Memory From Molecules to
  Mind Doubleday
• 1400 - Philosophical Essays Hackett Publishing
• 1300 - Psychology An Introduction Prentice Hall
• 1200 - Business Prentice Hall
• 1100 - America Pathways to Present Prentice
  Hall
• 1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level Prentice
  Hall
• 900 - World Cultures A Global Mosaic Prentice
  Hall
• 800 - Word 97 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
• 700 - World Explorer The U.S. Canada
  Prentice Hall
• 600 - Science (Grade 4) Addison-Wesley
• 500 - People and Places Silver Burdett Ginn
• 400 - Imagine That! Scholastic Inc.
• 300 - My World Harcourt Brace

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Personal Use

• Aetna Health Care Discount Form (1360)
• Medical Insurance Benefit Package (1280)
• Application for Student Loan (1270)
• Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260)
• Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170)
• Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150)
• G.M. Protection Plan (1150)
• CD DVD Player Instructions (1080)

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Newspapers

• Reuters (1440)
• NY Times (1380)
• Washington Post (1350)
• Wall Street Journal (1320)
• Chicago Tribune (1310)
• Associated Press (1310)
• USA Today (1200)

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2005-06 Lexile Framework for Reading Study
Summary of Text Lexile Measures
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
1600
1400
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1000
800
600
High School Literature
College Literature
High School Textbooks
College Textbooks
Military
Personal Use
Entry-Level Occupations
SAT 1, ACT, AP
Source of National Test Data MetaMetrics
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2005-06 Lexile Framework for Reading
StudySummary of High School Textbook Lexile
Measures
1400
1300
1200
Text Lexile Measure (L)
1100
1000
900
800
ELA
Science
Social Studies
Arts
CTE
Math
Subject Area Textbooks
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
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2005-06 Quantile Framework for Math
StudySummary of Quantile Measures
1500
1400
1300
1200
11th
10th
1100
Quantile Measure (Q)
1000
8th
900
800
700
600
500
Personal Use
Employment
High School
First-Year College
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25 - 75)
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Criteria

• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core
  subjects of English language arts, math and
  science and others identified by the school)
• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and
  relevant learning beyond the minimum
  requirements)
• Student Engagement (The extent to which students
  are motivated and committed to learning have a
  sense of belonging and accomplishment and have
  relationships with adults, peers, and parents
  that support learning)
• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal,
  social, service, and leadership skills and
  demonstrations of positive behaviors and
  attitudes)

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Start with Special Education
Inspired by a Student with Disabilities