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A typo was corrected: I typed “Explore” instead of “Lexplore”.
Bett2020 100
In this series I will be writing about my experiences of Bett2020 – products, impressions – in vignettes of exactly 100 words. Why 100 words? Because I wanted to see whether or not it was possible. I will try where appropriate to provide links to further information.
Reading, by Terry Freedman
Lexplore helps teachers to analyse how children are reading. By so doing it purports to detect reading difficulties, indicated by things like spending too long on a word, or whether the child keeps going backwards and forwards in the text. After evaluating the child for between two and five minutes, it then gives you a score comparing the child's data to that of the national average and your school's average, making recommendations accordingly.
Sounds useful, though I'm not clear on how the program distinguishes between being unable to read or understand a word, and thinking about what has been read.