(Use your Read About ID for the username & password provided) Log in to SRI (Use your Read About ID for the username & password provided)

Choose Book Interests (This does not determine what types of questions you will have.)

Take a Practice Test If you race through these questions, the test will KNOW! Ask for help if you don’t understand the directions to the test. The questions are inferential

Now, take the SRI Test! Students can skip without penalty up to 3 questions.

When taking the SRI test…. Try your best! Don’t rush! Take a break if needed! (Hit the escape button to save your work.) Use your skips if you are unsure! (You have three of them and are located in the bottom right hand corner in yellow/orange bar.)

A Reading List Pops Up After the Test You may want to have students print this so there is a list of books at their level and interest.

Choosing a Book Take your SRI score and choose a book with a lexile that falls in the range of: 100 below to 50 above your score Go to www.lexile.com if you need to look up the lexile of a book

www.lexile.com

Lexile Scores for Jobs Look at this next slide to see why reading is so important! You will see the lexile requirements for different types of jobs.

On-the Job Lexile Requirements National Adult Literacy Study Scientist Teacher Executive Nurse Supervisor Sales Secretary Foreman Clerk Craftman Construction Clerk Labor Lexile Score 1500 1300 1100 900 700