LEXILES AND YOU

An Analogy: Lexiles are like inches…

A universal, accurate measurement system

Used to measure a student’s current “size” and growth over time

Not grade specific - students come in different sizes and grow at different rates

The Lexile Framework® for Reading

Allows us to…Measure reader abilityreader ability

and text readabilitytext readability with a common metric: LexilesLexiles

Forecast the level of comprehensioncomprehension a reader is expected to experience with a particular text

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Comparing Text Difficulty and Person Ability

PersonAbility

TextDifficulty

750 750

1000

1250

500

250

ExpectedComprehension

Rate

25%

50%

75%

90%

95%

1000

1250

500

250

ForecastedComprehension

Rates

Reader measure – text calibration = O Lexiles

75% comprehension rate

Reader measure – text calibration = -250 Lexiles

50% comprehension rate

Reader measure – text calibration = +250 Lexiles

90% comprehension rate

June 18, 2007 Slide 7

Standard:2100 TAKS1015 Lexile

Higher Ed:2200 TAKS1170 Lexile

Commended:2400 TAKS1490 Lexile

TAKS Performanc

e Standards Overlay on

Text Demands

(adapted from Williamson, 2006a)

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Text Demand Level by Grade

Lexile researchers analyzed representative grade level texts to determine the text demands for different grade levels.

Students’ Lexile measures can help predict how well they will be able to comprehend the texts they will face.

Grade in School Typical Text Demand(from Lexile Research & Map)

7th Grade 950L to 1075L

8th Grade 1000L to 1100L

9th Grade 1050L to 1150L

10th Grade 1100L to 1200L

11th and 12th Grade 1100L to 1300L

Beyond High SchoolAverage Text Demand(from Lexile Research)

Military (training/field manuals) 1180L

Citizenship (newspapers, voting, jury)

1230L

Workplace (workplace study materials) 1260L

Postsecondary - first two yrs (textbooks)

1355L

Lexile Analysis of Occupational Reading Materials

Career Cluster Occupation(Entry Level)

Reading Material Lexile Measure

Agriculture & Natural

Resources

Ag Business Assistant

Best Management Practices – Livestock &

Poultry Operations

1510

Architecture & Construction

Carpenter Personal Protective Equipment Manual

1060

Arts, Audiovisual Technology &

Communications

Printing/Graphics Technologist

Publishing with PhotoShop

1430

Career Cluster Occupation(Entry Level)

Reading Material Lexile Measure

Hospitality & Tourism

New hotel employee

Hilton Hotels – New Employee

Packet

1330

Law & Public Safety

Police Officer Emergency Response to Terrorism

1260

Retail/Wholesale

Sales & Service

Sales Associate

Dress Barn – Associate Handbook

1270

Scientific Research/

Engineering

Structural Engineering Technician

Penn. Code training

consortium

1130

Career Cluster Occupation(Entry Level)

Reading Material Lexile Measure

Business & Administrati

on

General Office Staff

Job Responsibilities –

Medical Office Asst.

1210

Education and Training

Assistant Teacher

Head Start Staff Handbook

1370

Transportation,

Distribution & Logistics

Automotive Technician

Nissan Product Knowledge

Reference Guides

1270

Health Science

Emergency Medical

Technician

EMS Safety Techniques and

Applications

1170

Hunger Games – 800The Outsiders – 750Of Mice and Men – 630To Kill a Mockingbird – 870Fahrenheit 451 – 890Animal Farm – 1170Julius Caesar – 1330The Great Gatsby – 1070Beowulf - 1190

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