Forbes Magazine Article Recognizes Lexia Reading as a “True Revolution” in the Area of Student Assessment

In the September 15th issue, Forbes published an article authored by renowned Harvard Business School professor, Clayton Christensen, and his colleagues, Michael B. Horn and Curtis Johnson, about assessment in schools, entitled Creative Disruption: Teaching to the New Test.  In the article, they predict that innovative technology will change the U.S. classroom model to more student-centered learning, and will change the role and methodologies of student assessment.  The article cites Lexia Reading as a strong example of a software program that provides individualized instruction and real-time assessment.

Here is the link to the Forbes article using Lexia as an example of innovative technology:

http://www.forbes.com/claytonchristensen/forbes/2008/0915/081.html