Lexiles and The Lexile Framework for Reading

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Lexiles and The Lexile Framework for
Reading

• Parents understanding how to interpret the use of
  Lexile scores and support their children with
  reading material.

A Presentation by Maisha Otway NBCT, Ed.D New
Prospect Elementary School Fulton County Public
Schools
PPT Resources compiled from http//www.doe.k12.ga
.us/lexile.aspx www.lexile.com
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Goals for Today

• Provide families with background information for
  understanding and interpreting Lexiles to
  increase student achievement.
• Georgias plan for Lexiles
• Definition of Lexile
• Overview of resources for families
• Using Lexiles at home

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How is Georgia Using Lexile Scores?

• Providing scores for students.
• Providing a tool for teachers to use when
  targeting reading material for students.
• Providing a tool for parents to use when
  selecting reading material for their children.

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Where is My Childs Lexile?
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Lexile Measure

• Standardized score
• Matches the students reading ability with the
  text difficulty.
• Measure designed to identify the level of comfort
  and appropriate challenge.
• Span of 200L through 1700L
• Score is a target range from 100L below to 50L
  above.

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Lexile Measure

• Most commonly used reading measure
• Over 19 million students receive Lexile scores
  through commercial and state assessments
• Over 100,000 books and tens of millions of
  article have Lexile measures

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About the BR Lexile Code

• BR is used for any text or student ability that
  has a Lexile measure of zero or below.
• Some students, particularly at the lower
  grades, had CRCT scores that generated a BR
  Lexile score or a score less than 200L.

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A Frame of Reference
490L
400L
220L
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A Frame of Reference
780L
660L
560L
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A Frame of Reference
1000L
970L
870L
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A Frame of Reference
1280L
1240L
1130L
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A Frame of Reference
1530L
1440L
1350L
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A Frame of Reference
1670L
1620L
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J. K. Rowling-Harry Potter
980L
950L
1030L
880L
Stephanie Meyer-Twilight Series
720L
670L
690L
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Georgias Lexile Map
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LEXILE FRAMEWORK
Visit www.lexile.com
LEXILE PATHFINDER
LEXILE MEASURE
LEXILE ANALYZER
LEXILE BOOK DATABASE
POWER VOCABULARY
LEXILE CALCULATOR
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Parts of the Lexile Framework Visit
www.lexile.com

• Lexile Measure a standardized score that
  reflects a students reading skill or the
  difficulty of a book
• Lexile Book Databases contain thousands of
  books, newspapers, magazines and other reading
  material that have a Lexile measure.
• Lexile Analyzer a tool for analyzing reading
  materials and producing a Lexile measure
• 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 words lists for
  books that might challenge the reader.

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Accessing the Lexile Toolswww.lexile.com
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Lexile Calculator

• The Lexile Calculator can
• Calculate the rate at which a student is expected
  to comprehend a text
• Calculate the reading ability a reader is
  expected to need in order to comprehend a text at
  a given level

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Lexile Calculator
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Lexile Power Vocabulary

• A tool to help teachers build student vocabulary
• Provides teachers with
• student word lists
• activities and assessment (S)
• teacher answer keys (T)

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Lexile Power Vocabulary
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Lexile Power Vocabulary Sample Word List
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Lexile Power Vocabulary Sample
Activity
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Lexile Book Database

• A tool for connecting students to reading
  material
• Contains tens of thousands of books and articles
• Look up books and articles
• By author
• By title
• By keyword for childs interest
• By Lexile range
• Now two options for ways to search for reading
  material.

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Two Options for Finding Books
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Lexile Book DatabaseResults of a Search by Author
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Lexile Book DatabaseSearching by Lexile Range
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Find a Book with LexilesA Parent-Friendly Search
Engine
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Find a Book with LexilesProvide Lexile or
Readers Grade Rating of Reading Ability
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Find a Book with LexilesSelect Readers
Interests or Favorite Authors
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Find a Book with LexilesSelect Titles to Create
a BookBag Tailored for Student
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Find a Book with LexilesThe Selected BookBag
Will tell distance to public libraries that have
the book.
Can find description of book, reviews, and other
information.
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Find a Book with LexilesBookBag in Word Format
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Now what if a book isnt in a Lexile database?

• Create a text document (file extension is .txt)
  with multiple 175-word slices from the book.
• Submit via the Lexile Analyzer.
• Also can approximate the Lexile by seeing other
  books by the same author or in same series. At
  least a good place to begin with to determine if
  book is close to a students Lexile range.

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Lexile Analyzer
Lexile Analyzer
Txt file
Result
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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• Promotes family-school connections.
• Know your childs Lexile measure.
• Know your childs Lexile range.
• 50L above and 100L below their reported Lexile
  measure. This range represents the boundaries
  between the easiest kind of reading material for
  your child and the hardest level at which he/she
  can read successfully.
• Use the Lexile Book Database
• to find books in the childs Lexile range.
• (www.Lexile.com)

source http//www.lexile.com/PDF/Lexiles-at-Home
-0504.pdf
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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• When a reading assignment proves to be too
  difficult, provide adult-directed assistance
• Review words and definitions from glossary or
  dictionary.
• Review questions at end of chapter before child
  reads text.
• Pair-share read Parent and student alternate
  reading the text. Stop, discuss, and ask
  questions along the way to see that student
  understands.
• Return to end of chapter questions and glossary
  to make certain your child understands the
  material.
• Celebrate your childs reading accomplishments.
• Set goals
• number of books read
• variety of books
• stretching to books at higher Lexile

source http//www.lexile.com/PDF/Lexiles-at-Home
-0504.pdf
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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• Ensure that your child reads every day.
• Parents should read to set a good example.
  Reading newspapers and magazines will show
  children that reading is a wonderful pastime as
  well as a window to the world of learning.
• Students interests should play a part in book
  selection.

source http//www.lexile.com/PDF/Lexiles-at-Home
-0504.pdf
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Parent Quiz
What are the 2 components of a Lexile measure?
Reading ability text difficulty
What is the meaning of BR ?
Beginning Reader
What is the range of a childs Lexile score?
100L below-50L above
Name 2 resources offered on www. Lexile. com
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Lexiles and The News

• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Chicago Tribune
• Reuters
• Associated Press

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Lexiles and The News

• USA Today (1200L)
• Associated Press (1310L)
• Chicago Tribune (1310L)
• Wall Street Journal (1320L)
• Washington Post (1350L)
• NY Times (1380L)
• Reuters (1440L)

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Resources

• http//www.doe.k12.ga.us/lexile.aspx
• www.lexile.com