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Central Units’ Memory = 8 MBCentral Units’ Memory = 8 MB2004 iPod = 4 GB2004 iPod = 4 GB

2005 iPod = 20 GB2005 iPod = 20 GB2006 iPod = 80 GB2006 iPod = 80 GB

1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe

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1992 IBM Compaq 2 $3 – 4K $1.5 – 2K

2003 Dell Gateway 256 $1 – 1.3K $4 - $5

2012 ? 16,384 $3 - 400 $0.02

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Lexile Literature1500 - On Ancient Medicine1400 - The Scarlet Letter1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.1200 - War and Peace1100 - Pride and Prejudice1000 - Black Beauty 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio 700 - Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends 300 - Clifford’s Manners

Lexile Texts1500 - The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind;

Doubleday1400 - Philosophical Essays; Hackett Publishing1300 - Psychology: An Introduction; Prentice Hall1200 - Business; Prentice Hall1100 - America: Pathways to Present; Prentice Hall1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level; Prentice Hall 900 - World Cultures: A Global Mosaic; Prentice Hall 800 - Word 97; Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 700 - World Explorer: The U.S. & Canada; Prentice Hall 600 - Science (Grade 4); Addison-Wesley 500 - People and Places; Silver Burdett Ginn 400 - Imagine That!; Scholastic Inc. 300 - My World; Harcourt Brace

Personal UseAetna Health Care Discount Form (1360)Medical Insurance Benefit Package (1280)Application for Student Loan (1270)Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260) Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170)Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150)G.M. Protection Plan (1150)CD DVD Player Instructions (1080)

NewspapersReuters (1440)NY Times (1380)Washington Post (1350)Wall Street Journal (1320)Chicago Tribune (1310)Associated Press (1310)USA Today (1200)

2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures

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Military PersonalUse

Entry-LevelOccupations

SAT 1,ACT,AP*

* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

2005-06 Lexile Framework® for Reading Study

Summary of High School Textbook Lexile Measures

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Personal Use Employment High School First-Year College

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2005-06 Quantile Framework® for Math StudySummary of Quantile Measures

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Criteria• Core Academic Learning (Achievement in the core

subjects of English language arts, math and science and others identified by the school)

• Stretch Learning (Demonstration of rigorous and relevant learning beyond the minimum requirements)

• Student Engagement (The extent to which students are motivated and committed to learning; have a sense of belonging and accomplishment; and have relationships with adults, peers, and parents that support learning)

• Personal Skill Development (Measures of personal, social, service, and leadership skills and demonstrations of positive behaviors and attitudes)

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