Page 23 - ALEF EDUCATION PR REPORT - OCTOBER 2025

Press Release

Miqyas Al Dhad Enters Strategic Partnership with Diglossia to

Advance Arabic Literacy Measurement

● Miqyas Al Dhad to power Diglossia’s digital platforms with data-driven insights to
advance Arabic literacy across the Arab world.
● This partnership will offer Ministries of Education a data-driven framework to assess
reading proficiency and text complexity, enabling tailored access to suitable reading
materials that effectively address learning gaps.
● MetaMetrics will conduct a linking study to align Diglossia’s assessments with Miqyas Al
Dhad’s reading scale to ensure streamlining global standards while preserving Arabic
linguistic nuances.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 26, 2025: Miqyas Al Dhad, a pioneering Arabic reading scale, has
entered into a strategic partnership with Diglossia, experts and specialists in Arabic language
assessment, to officially recognise Miqyas Al Dhad as the latter’s designated Arabic reading scale.
Further supporting this collaboration is MetaMetrics, the developer of the Lexile® Framework for
Reading, which underpins Miqyas Al Dhad. As part of the partnership, MetaMetrics will conduct
a linking study to align Diglossia’s assessment suite with the Miqyas Al Dhad scale to ensure the
validity and precision of the measures.

As the driving force behind this partnership, Miqyas Al Dhad reaffirms its dedication to helping
Arab Ministries of Education tackle literacy challenges by offering a unified and scientifically
grounded approach to measuring both students’ proficiency and text complexity in Arabic.

By enabling educators, parents, and policymakers to align a student's reading ability to the
appropriate text difficulty, Miqyas Al Dhad framework creates a strong ecosystem that ensures
learners are presented with content which is appropriate for their individual abilities. The platform
can dynamically adjust reading materials to suit the requirements of students, helping bridge
reading gaps and fostering meaningful progress.

“This partnership reflects our shared vision to provide the Arab world with a powerful,
research-based reading scale that respects the unique linguistic characteristics of the Arabic
language. By joining forces with Diglossia, we are extending the reach of Miqyas Al Dhad
to more students and creating a cooperative reading ecosystem that benefits educators,