Mississippi’s landmark 2013 Literacy-Based Promotion Act became one of the most celebrated education reforms in the country, helping the state climb from 49th to 21st in fourth-grade reading on the… Read More »Mississippi Is Extending Its Literacy Playbook to Middle Grades — and Evidence Requirements Come with It
EduEvidence recently announced its Top 25 Global Impact-Certified EdTech Companies, recognizing organizations that pair strong products with credible, independently reviewable evidence of impact. Released at the BETT 2026 Conference in… Read More »Celebrating Our Partners in the Top 25 Global Impact-Certified EdTech Companies
Generated with Claude Research-Mode with LXD Research project knowledge Prepared by Rachel Schechter, Ph.D. Forward: Chad Aldeman wrote an article identifying the top 5 schools in each state “beating the… Read More »What Makes These 255 Schools Beat the Odds in Reading
As we close out 2025, we find ourselves reflecting on a year of meaningful work, productive partnerships, and steady progress toward our mission: helping educational technology companies demonstrate the impact… Read More »2025 Year in Review: Building the Evidence Base for Educational Technology
Last weekend at the International Dyslexia Conference, I found myself returning again and again to a single insight that seemed to weave through every conversation, every poster session, every hallway… Read More »The Language-Reading Connection: Reflections from the International Dyslexia Conference
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, artificial intelligence has emerged as a transformative force. A recent study conducted by LXD Research with over 200 educators across 37 states reveals how… Read More »The AI Adoption Tipping Point: New Research on Educator Perspectives in 2025
At LXD Research, we know that to truly understand what works in reading instruction, we need to hear directly from students themselves. That’s why we recently conducted our Teen Voice… Read More »New Survey Reveals Teen Perspectives on Learning to Read: Key Insights and Opportunities
Guide created by Erin Kabba and Rachel Schechter The statistics are sobering: 37% of fourth-graders read below basic proficiency levels, with that figure rising over 50% for some subgroups of… Read More »Why 37% of 4th Graders Can’t Read: A Research-Based Solution for Grades 3-5 Literacy Crisis
Featured on the Teach Smarter Podcast: A conversation about individualization myths, research access, and cutting through EdTech claims How do you separate genuine educational impact from clever marketing? It’s a… Read More »Beyond the Marketing Hype: Making Evidence-Based Decisions in Education
Last month, I had the privilege of presenting at EdMedia 2024 in Barcelona, where I shared two distinct but complementary pieces of research that speak to the evolving landscape of… Read More »Bridging the Innovation-Implementation Gap: Lessons from Barcelona on AI, Evidence, and Educational Change”