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LXD Research

Learning Experience Design (LXD) Research

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Validity & Efficacy Research

Strategy Consulting, Research Roadmap and Design Guidance, Study Execution

“Will it work?”

Design, Content, & User Analytics

Learning Sciences Product Reviews, KPI Metric Design, Tableau Consulting

“How is it working?”

ESSA Evidence Reporting

Logic Models, Technical Reports, Summaries, Infographics, RFP Support

“Look, it works!”

Build ESSA evidence now.

Use research to inform your design, improve your outcomes, and provide evidence to decision-makers.

LXD Research designs and executes studies to provide evidence and insights for educational technology companies to ensure equity in education. In partnership with companies and school districts, we measure the impact of learning environments to provide evidence of student growth. LXD Research provides Insight Reports with specific opportunities to improve program implementation, teaching impact, and learner outcomes.

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LXD Research highlights the rigor and quality of the studies conducted through clear, visual report summaries, slide presentations, and academic-style reporting. District leaders express the benefit of partnering with us, “Thank you for all your hard work and support in helping us navigate our district’s reading data–it has been a valuable learning experience for all of us.”

Get results within weeks or months, not years.

Our nimble team can meet your timelines. The Utah Department of Education puts out new evidence requirements for all reading interventions. LXD Research reaches out to the district partner, designs the study, and submits the approval-winning report within 6 weeks.

Rachel Schechter

Principal Researcher
LXD Strategy Leader

Ph.D. in Child & Human Development

Mary Beth Smith

Educational Research Coordinator

Ph.D. in STEM Education

Destiny Riley

Qualitative Researcher

B.A. Creative Writing
B.S. Sociology

Kathleen Richards

Literacy and Language Learning Scientist

M.A. in Linguistics

meeting clients’ needs

Don’t Just Take Our Word For It

“LXD Research has provided us invaluable consultation surrounding research strategy, guiding the development of evidence-informed digital products, and communicating our evidence base to educators. Their team also partnered with districts to conduct rigorous ESSA studies that secured our products on coveted state lists. Their key insights and compelling data stories help build momentum in marketing and sales, as well as inform product development. We plan to continue to collaborate with LXD Research now and in the future.”

Laura Stewart

Chief Academic Officer, 95 Percent Group
Former Chief Innovation Officer of The Reading League

Rachel was a great research partner! Not only does she understand research methodologies and best practices, but she was uniquely able to support me as an internal researcher at a start-up with some third-party research. The project did not break the bank and provided valuable and most importantly, actionable, insights for me to translate to our team. Rachel is also a great communicator, flexible, and very responsive!

Alex Miller

VP of Research
Hatch Early Learning

The EdVestors partnered with LXD Research on a research and dissemination initiative focused on academic family engagement. They came with ideas and a spirit of collaboration to design a product that would have the greatest possible impact. They clearly communicated progress and next steps and were sensitive to the needs of our school partners during an incredibly challenging year.

Heather Johnson

Vice President, Programs,
Strategy & Impact

Rachel is an incredible partner to have when developing and enhancing curriculum. Rachel’s innovative and research-based thinking led to the creation of new processes allowing content specialists to make data-driven decisions around the effectiveness of the program. Her work was critical to the success of Lexia Reading Core5 and Lexia PowerUp.

Katie Rondstadt

Senior Director of Learning Design
Zaner-Bloser

I had the pleasure of working with Rachel on two separate market research projects for Scholastic’s Education Solutions. She was knowledgeable, focused, and highly responsive. All materials were delivered in a timely manner, and the quality of work was exemplary. I look forward to our next collaboration.

Jessica Wollman

SVP, General Manager Curriculum
Scholastic

Rachel served as a subject matter expert for ISTE’s Course of Mind project, helping us craft criteria – grounded in the learning sciences – for evaluating the quality of edtech products. Her multi-faceted background really was an asset, as she demonstrated a wonderful ability for balancing the practical needs of edtech decision-makers with what we know about learning sciences research.

Brandon Olszewski, PhD

Director of Research
International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)

It was my absolute pleasure to work with Rachel Schechter. Rachel developed and presented a comprehensive overview of educational assessment for our internal team of Scholastic editors, designers, product engineers, marketers, and professional learning consultants.
Rachel’s presentation was professional, engaging, and informative. We would happily engage Rachel for future work.

Carol Chanter

SVP Professional Learning Services
Scholastic

After a recent guest lecture that Dr. Schechter delivered to my graduate students in the Early Childhood Technology program, students couldn’t stop talking about how inspiring they found her presentation on learning analytics research at Lexia. Her knowledge of research methods and evidence-based practice was so impressive, and they especially valued her understanding that in education, every minute counts.

Amanda Strawhacker

Tufts University

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