Thinking Globally The Lexiled Library

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Thinking Globally
The Lexiled Library
ACPS ELA Partner Teacher
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What is the Lexile Framework?

• The Lexile Framework is a scale along which books
  can be placed in order of text difficulty, and
  readers can be placed according to their reading
  comprehension ability.
• Lexile measures are the most widely adopted
  reading measure in use today, and are part of
  reading and testing programs at the district and
  state levels.

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How Common?

• Over 19 millions students will get a Lexile
  measure from a linked test this year
• Over 450 publishers have titles with Lexile
  measures
• Nearly 50,000 books to search at www.lexile.com
• Over 70 million articles in database

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The Unification of Reading
Textbook Publishers
Trade Book Publishers
Test Publishers
CTB/McGraw-Hill
Modern Curriculum
Pearson
Educational Testing Services (ETS)
Scholastic
Harcourt Educational Measurement
Rand McNally
Rigby
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Rosen
Northwest Evaluation Association
SRA/McGraw-Hill
Riverside Publishing
Scott Foresman
Texas Education Agency
Steck-Vaughn
Utah State Office of Education
The Wright Group
Prebinders
Periodical Databases
Book Distributors Databases
School/Public Libraries
Reading Motivation
EBSCO Online Reader
Hooked on Phonics
HOSTS
Scholastic Read180
Scholastic Reading Counts!
Success for All
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Lexiles and John Grisham Titles

• The Pelican Brief 660
• The Firm 680
• The Client 730
• The Partner 790
• The Brethren 810
• The Rainmaker 830

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Lexiles and Newspapers

• Reuters 1440
• NY Times 1380
• The Washington Post 1350
• The Wall Street Journal 1320
• Associated Press 1310
• USA Today 1200

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About The Lexile Framework for Reading

• The Lexile Framework for Reading (www.Lexile.com)
  provides a common scale for matching reader
  ability and text difficulty, allowing easy
  monitoring of progress.
• Lexile measures give teachers and parents the
  confidence to choose materials that will improve
  student reading skills across the curriculum and
  at home.
• Tens of thousands of books and tens of millions
  of articles have Lexile measures, and all major
  standardized tests can report student reading
  scores in Lexiles. As the most widely adopted
  reading measure in use today, Lexiles are part of
  reading and testing programs at district, state
  and federal levels.
• The Lexile Framework was developed by
  MetaMetrics, an independent education company
  based in Durham, N.C., after 15 years of research
  funded by the National Institutes of Health.
• www.lexile.com

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Lexile Can Calculate

• How well the reader will comprehend the
  information in the text
• The reading ability a reader is expected to need
  in order to comprehend text at a specific level

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Benefits of Using Lexile Measures

• Correlates to MAP and PASS
• Matches reading material to students reading
  levels
• Levels student writing passages
• Enables teachers and librarians to track and
  assist students in their choices of challenging
  reading matter
• Enables students to UNDERSTAND their reading
  levels
• Lexile framework goes beyond K-12
• Common scale among administrators, teachers,
  parents, students and community
• Lexiles integrated into the MARC records

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Lexile Level Does Not Reflect

• Themes
• Text Structure
• Implied Meaning
• Prior Knowledge
• Age Appropriateness
• Interest

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How can I use Lexiles to help my students?

• Just as shoes must fit correctly for comfortable
  walking, books must match student readability for
  effective comprehension.

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Lexile Table
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Classroom Libraries
--from SCRF regional coach
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--from L.Montgomerys library
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Classroom Library/Gathering Area
--from SCRF regional coach
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Some Lexile Observations

• Nonfiction tends to score higher in lexile than
  fiction
• Fantasy fiction tends to score high
• Most middle school fiction falls in the 600L to
  1000L range
• Mystery fiction tends to score low
• Most authors tend to be consistent in the lexile
  ranges
• No apparent correlation between book length and
  lexile score

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• ACPS Observation
• Lexile is a good measuring tool, and it is one
  factor in great book selection!

--from C. Pooles classroom

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• QUESTIONS?

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References/Resources

• www.lexile.com
• www.dillon2.k12.sc.us/teachers/lexile.asp
• www.hisdlibraryservices.org/.../Lexiles/LEXILES20
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• http//bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do