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Alef Education Collaborates with

MetaMetrics® to Launch Arabic Reading

Scale to Boost Literacy Rate in the MENA

Region

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2/6/2024 5:04:07 AM

(MENAFN- Orient Planet Group) Abu Dhabi, February 6, 2024: Alef Education, a UAE-based

global leader in education technology, announces a strategic collaboration with MetaMetrics®,
the US-based developer of the Lexile® Framework for Reading, to launch an Arabic reading

scale to improve the literacy skills of approximately 100 million K-12 Arabic speakers across
the Middle East and North Africa. The unique scale is set to become the de facto standard for

Modern Standard Arabic, just as the Lexile® Framework for Reading is now the standard for
English, as ministries of education in the MENA region strive to preserve and promote Arabic

language and culture.

This innovative collaboration aims to provide native Arabic speakers with a powerful tool to
improve their literacy in Arabic, promoting a more effective and personalized approach to
improving literacy in the region. By leveraging the expertise of Alef Education and the

MetaMetrics® Lexile® Framework for Reading, the initiative aims to provide students across
the MENA region with the foundational skills they need for academic success and lifelong

learning.

Benefits of an Arabic reading scale include the ability for governments to identify and measure
students’ reading levels and progress over time, regardless of the reading materials used, by

comparing geographic regions, school districts, and individual schools using the same scale.
In addition, publishers, EdTech companies, and authors of Arabic language content will be

able to link their reading materials and assessments to the unified scale to meet learners’
needs for reading materials. It will be easier for teachers to measure their students’ levels and

create data-driven plans for their individual development. At the same time, parents will
understand their children’s reading levels so that they can further develop and improve their
reading skills.

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