1. Lexile® Framework for Reading Matching Readers to Text
Janie Baxter
Coastal Plains RESA

2. Why use Lexile measures
Why use Lexile measures? What resources are available to assist me as I use Lexiles?
EQ and pre assess. What do you know about Lexiles? Where can I locate content materials that have Lexile measures? How do I find students’ Lexile?

3. How do the content materials I am teaching (text Lexile measure) match my students’ Lexile measures?

4. What is a Lexile? Standard score developed by MetaMetrics
Matches a student’s reading ability with difficulty of text material
Developed by MetaMetrics; Based on research funded by National Institute for Child Health Development (NICHD);
Combined the work of reading experts Chall, Flesch, Carroll, and Bormuth, with measurement expert, Rasch

5. Three Important Concepts
Reading Ability
The cognitive set students use to construct meaning from text as measured on tests
Readability
The difficulty of reading materials based on dimensions or characteristics of the text
Reading Comprehension
The construction of meaning from text
Teacher and parent guidance needed; Allows educators to forecast the level of comprehension a reader is expected to experience with a particular text

6. What is a Lexile?
Interpreted as the level of book that a student can read with 75% comprehension
75% comprehension is the level identified by experts as offering the reader a certain amount of comfort and yet still offering a challenge

7. Lexile
Typically range from 200 for beginning readers to 1700 for advanced readers
Text below 200L represents beginning-reading material; given as a number or BR (Beginning Reading)
Applies to both reader ability and text difficulty
When reader and text measures are the same, the student is expected to read with 75% comprehension.
Lexile is calculated by analyzing Semantic Difficulty, Word Frequency; and, Syntactic Complexity, Sentence Length.

8. Lexile is calculated
by analyzing
Semantic Difficulty,
Word Frequency; and,
Syntactic Complexity,
Sentence Length.

9. How is Georgia using Lexiles?
Students receive a Lexile score along with their regular scale score for the CRCT Reading or GHSGT English Language Arts tests.
A student’s Lexile is a tool for teachers to use to target reading material for students.
A student’s Lexile is a tool for parents to use in selecting reading material for their children.

10. Where Is a Student’s Lexile on the CRCT?
Lexiles: Making Sense of a New Score Curriculum Director's Conference
September 20, 2006
CRCT Individual Student Score Report (SSR) displays Lexile score in Reading section.
Georgia Department of Education: Testing Division 10

11. Where Is a Student’s Lexile on GHSGT?
Lexiles: Making Sense of a New Score Curriculum Director's Conference
September 20, 2006
GHSGT Student Content Summary Report displays the Lexile score in English Language Arts section.
Front shows score and range.
Explanation on reverse side of report
Georgia Department of Education: Testing Division 11

12.
Scroll down on testing page to Lexile Framework for Reading.

13. Lexile Measures for Text: Newspapers
Reuters (1440L)
NY Times (1380L)
Washington Post (1350L)
Wall Street Journal (1320L)
Chicago Tribune (1310L)
Associated Press (1310L)
USA Today (1200L)
Lexile measure of newspapers

14. John Grisham Lexile Measures for Text: Novels
The Pelican Brief 660 The Firm The Client A Time to Kill The Chamber The Rainmaker 830 The Runaway Jury 930
Lexile measures of adult author, Grisham

15. Lexile Measures for Text: Novels
Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park Andromeda Strain 840 Congo
Lexile measures of Crichton novels

16. Lexile Measures for Text
SAT 1330L
Federal Tax Form 1260L
Windows User Manual 1150L
GED 1060L

17. Lexile Measures for Text: Harry Potter

18. Determining a Student’s Lexile Range
In the Classroom
Determining a Student’s Lexile Range
Independent Reading Range of difficulty should be Lexiles above to 100 Lexiles below
Instructional Reading Range of difficulty should be to 150 Lexiles above
Instructional…if teacher or parent provides support and reading guidance; Teacher and parent guidance needed because analysis does not include illustrations, text type, students interests; Measure not always an exact match

19. In the Classroom Vary reading difficulty of material to the situation:
Choose texts lower in the student’s Lexile range when factors make the reading situation more challenging, threatening or unfamiliar.
Select texts at or above the student’s range to stimulate growth when a topic is of extreme interest to a student, or when you will be giving additional support such as background teaching or discussion.

20. Relationship of Lexiles & Grade Levels
Lexiles: Making Sense of a New Score Curriculum Director's Conference
September 20, 2006
Relationship of Lexiles & Grade Levels
Column 2 shows the range of Lexiles in which the middle 50% of readers fall at a grade level. 25% of students fall below this range and 25% above.
Column 3 shows the typical range of reading material at a grade level.
Note that the range of readers is wider than that of the typical text measures.
Source:
Georgia Department of Education: Testing Division 20

21. Accelerated Reader* and Lexiles**
Lexiles: Making Sense of a New Score Curriculum Director's Conference
Accelerated Reader* and Lexiles**
September 20, 2006
From GaDOE PPT
*This relational table is from Renaissance Learning, Inc.(2002). **Lexile is a trademark of MetaMetrics, Inc.
Source:
Georgia Department of Education: Testing Division 21

22. Reading Level Comparison Chart

23. Share with someone near something you know about Lexiles.

24. What tools are available to assist me?
GALILEO

25.
Tools to assist educators, parents, and students.

26. Educators

27. Tools

28. The Lexile Map Lexile Measure Literature Titles
Can be printed from
Benchmarks (Sample Text)

29. Parts of the Lexile Framework
Lexile Calculator – a tool to calculate expected comprehension at various Lexile measures
Lexile Pathfinder – A set of prepared list of books by series and by topics.
Power Vocabulary – Vocabulary lists for books that might challenge the reader.

30. Lexile Power Vocabulary
Look at Harriet Tubman example.

31. Harriet Tubman Power Vocabulary

33. Lexile Book Search

34. Book Database Select by Title, Author, Lexile, Keyword

35. Advanced
Book
Search

36. Cells

37. Discuss with someone near you how you might use the resources at www
Discuss with someone near you how you might use the resources at in teaching and learning.

38. GALILEO Databases with Lexile Measures
Book Collection: Nonfiction 
Discoverer WebFind
Kids Search
Middle Search Plus
MAS Ultra NoveList
NoveList K-8
Searchasaurus
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Researcher
Student Research Center

41. Kids Search Detailed Search
Use Detailed Search to search by keyword and Lexile range.

42. Heat Energy rd

44. SIRS Discoverer Advanced Search

46. Weather Sorted by Lexile

48. Advanced Search Options
NoveList K-8
Advanced Search Options

49. Weather

50. Britannica Online
Linked to GPS

51. Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia history and culture, primary sources, images

53. Discuss with someone near you a GALILEO resource you might use to engage students in the content on their reading level.

54. Why should I use Lexiles, www.lexile.com, and GALILEO?
EQ and pre assess. What do you know about Lexiles? Where can I locate content materials that have Lexile measures? How do I find students’ Lexile?

55. Connecting Students with Text http://cpresa.org/media/lexile.htm
Resources at Coastal Plains RESA