Dyslexia Summit Evaluation Summary 2025

The infographic is an evaluation report for the Dyslexia Summit 2025. It includes the following sections and text:

Title: Dyslexia Summit

Sub-title: Evaluation Summary | 2025 | #2025DyslexiaSummit

Header: A visual representation of key evaluation metrics

Attendee Representation

  • Text: 100% of ISDs across the state were represented.
  • Image Description: The image features a map of Michigan, highlighted in green,
    indicating the state. The green choropleth map emphasizing complete representation
    from Intermediate School Districts (ISDs). The map also shows surrounding states and
    regions, along with bodies of water such as Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and Lake
    Huron.

Attendees' Role

  • Text: Attendees represented all education professions.
  • Image Description: This image shows a chart depicting the roles of attendees at the
    event. The chart is divided into four different roles with their corresponding percentage
    of attendees: Instructional Support – This category, represented by a green shaded bar,
    accounts for 39% of the attendees. An example role such as Literacy Specialist or
    Coach is provided. An image of a smiling person gives a human touch to this group.
    Administration – Comprising 22% of the attendees, this group's bar graph is less filled
    than the previous. Examples of positions include School Principal and District/ISD
    Leader. It is accompanied by an image of a person holding a book. Teaching Staff –
    Filling 16% of the chart, this group includes roles in general and special education.
    Below the title is an image of a person smiling, dressed casually. Student Support – The
    final category, representing 10% of attendees, includes roles such as Psychologist and
    Counselor. An image shows a person holding a clipboard. Together, these segments
    provide a visual breakdown of attendees' roles, emphasizing the diversity of professions
    represented.

Attendee's Engagement

  • Text: 141 watch parties in action! 2000+ education professionals joined to engage, discuss, and learn.
  • Image Description: The image is a collage showing lively engagement among education
    professionals. Below the text, there are several group photos of diverse individuals,
    mostly women, appearing to be in a conference or seminar setting. They are seated
    around tables, many with laptops, papers, and beverages, actively involved in
    discussions or smiling for the camera. The atmosphere is collaborative and positive. At
    the bottom, a motivational phrase in green says "Go team!"

Session Topics

  • Text: We offered 4 different types of professional learning topics, addressing educator needs across the cascade.
  • Image Description: The image features four colored circles arranged in a diamond
    shape, each representing a type of learning topic. The circles are labeled as follows:
    "Neuroscience" in a light gray circle, "Multi-Tiered System of Support" in a green circle,
    "Social, Emotional, Behavioral Health" in a blue-gray circle, and "Equity" in a dark blue
    circle. The design is simple and organized to highlight the four focus areas.

Overall Session Ratings

  • Text: The percentages below represent the proportion of participants who selected High
    Ratings for Quality, Relevance, and Usefulness. Each aspect was rated on a scale of
    Low, Moderate, or High.
  • Image Description: The image shows a chart with three horizontally aligned bars, each
    depicting one of the aspects. The bars are dark blue with lighter blue shadows to
    represent the ratings: Quality is rated at 84%; relevance is rated at 81%; and usefulness
    is rated at 80%. The text explains the meaning of the percentages, indicating that they
    reflect the proportion of participants giving high ratings for each aspect.

Key Insights

  • Text: Attendees were asked to share key insights and takeaways from the sessions. Below is a representation of 700+ responses.
  • Image Description: The majority of the image consists of a word cloud. In the word
    cloud, words appear in varying sizes, indicating their frequency or importance of
  • mention among responses. Larger words like "brain," "behavior," and "city" stand out
    prominently. Other noticeable words include "support," "instruction," "learning,"
    "intervention," and "understanding." The words are in shades of blue and arranged in a
    roughly circular shape, hinting at the diversity and range of topics discussed during the
    sessions.

Emotion Analysis

  • Text: Analyzed attendees' emotions from their responses to presenters using machine learning techniques.
  • Image Description: The image displays a proportional area chart which highlights the
    results of an analysis of attendees’ emotions using machine learning. A rectangular
    chart occupies the central part of the image. The chart is divided into color-coded
    segments of varying sizes each representing different emotions: Admiration (largest, in
    a dark blue area), Gratitude (second largest, in a light blue area), Approval (smaller
    section, light blue), Love (tiny section, dark blue), and Joy (smallest, light green). The
    sizes of these segments are visual indicators of the frequency or intensity of these
    emotions based on the analysis. At the bottom, there are three sample quotes related to
    each of these emotions, colorful quotation marks are used to denote them: Admiration -
    "Amazing! The visuals of the reading brain are so awesome"; Gratitude - "Thanks for
    this very useful reinforcement and addition to my reading instruction," and Joy -
    "Amazing information. Great utilization of data. Inspirational call to action."

Topics of Interest

  • Text: Attendees were asked to share topics of dyslexia they want to learn more about at future Dyslexia Summits. Below is a representation of 400+ responses.
  • Image Description: The image features a word cloud displaying various terms in varying
    sizes, indicating the frequency of interest. The largest words are "intervention" and
    "strategy", followed by terms like "assessment", "dyslexia research", and "student
    method" among others.

Sentiment Analysis

  • Text: The average sentiment score from our open-ended 'acknowledgements' question revealed that attendees' responses were overwhelmingly positive. 97 out of 100
  • Image Description: The image includes three blue speech bubbles with quotes ranked
    as Highest, Second, and Third in terms of a positive sentiment analysis: The highest-
    ranked comment says, "Could listen to her 1000 times and learn something new each
    time! Fantastic presentation!"; the second-ranked comment reads, "Fabulous
    information: historical perspective so interesting. Thank you so much!”; and the third
    comment states, "Enthusiasm and expertise is apparent and abundant. Amazing
    information and learning opportunities." The background color is light green, with dark
    blue text highlighting the sentiment scores and comments. Each comment is encased in
    a blue oval shape placed beside its respective rank marker.