Lexiles

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Lexiles

• A Brief Tour of the Tools and Resources Available
  at www.lexile.com

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What is the Lexile Framework?

• a text measurement scale, from 200L (beginning)
  to 1700L (advanced)
• breaks text into 125-word sections to evaluate
  semantic difficulty and syntactic complexity
• tens of thousands of books and tens of millions
  of articles from periodicals, newspapers,
  reference books and transcripts have already been
  given Lexile measurements

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How can a Lexile score help students?

• Many testing companies (like NWEA) and states are
  able to provide a Lexile range of each student.
• Students scores can align students to texts
  where they are expected to have 75-percent
  comprehension.
• The Lexile Framework is designed to match a
  students reading ability with a text's
  readability for optimal reading success and
  enjoyment.

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Does Lexile translate to grade level?

• The Lexile system recognizes that a grade level
  will encompass a range of ability, so it does not
  offer an exact translation.
• See chart on FAQ page of www.lexile.com for
  approximate translation, or check The Lexile
  Framework for Reading (see Lexile Map link).

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Tools to Connect Students to Texts

• Book Search by author, title, ISBN, key word, or
  Lexile score
• Lexile Calculator
• Lexile Analyzer
• Lexile Reading Pathfinder
• The Lexile Framework for Reading
• EBSCO databases (available at Maine Databases)

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Summary

• NWEA testing has provided Lexile scores for all
  grades 7-10 students.
• Lexile measurements for content area textbooks or
  trade books are available at www.lexile.com.
• Teachers can access the site for help in
  assessing students ability to read classroom
  texts.
• Teachers can look for alternative texts through
  the Book Search feature or check EBSCO databases
  for related readings.