LEXILE MEASURES
Lexile scores are a new interest of mine. As I compile resources, I will make them available here. Please see the link below for some useful, general information about Lexile scores.
http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lexile-article-42209-ta.pdf
Here is some additional information about this measurement:
Lexile Reading Level: The Lexile Framework® for Reading is a scientific approach to reading and text measurement. It includes the Lexile® measure and the Lexile scale. The Lexile measure is a reading ability or text difficulty score followed by an “L” (e.g., “850L”). The Lexile scale is a developmental scale for reading ranging from 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced text. Lexile measures are based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: semantic difficulty (word frequency) and syntactic complexity (sentence length). The CRL number from the STAR Program is based on the Lexile Framework, and is reported as a truncated Lexile measure.
Using Reading Levels: Matching a reader’s Lexile measure to a text with the same Lexile measure leads to an expected 75 percent comprehension rate — not too difficult to be frustrating, but difficult enough to be challenging and to encourage reading progress. 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 adding additional support such as background teaching or discussion. Use the free Lexile Book Database (at www.Lexile.com) to support book selection and create booklists within a student’s Lexile range to help the student make informed choices when selecting texts. Use the free Lexile Calculator (at www.Lexile.com) to gauge expected reading comprehension at different Lexile measures for readers and texts.
Non-prose Text (NP): A text designated as "NP" is any book whose content is at least 50 percent non-standard prose. Some examples are poems, plays, songs, and books with incorrect or no punctuation.
Lexile measures:
A Long Way Gone by Dave Eggers (102/IV) -- 920L
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (III) -- 870L
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman (Foundations) -- 760L
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (II) -- 890L
Night by Elie Wiesel (II) -- 590L
Animal Farm by George Orwell (II) -- 1170L
Lord of the Flies by William Goulding (I) -- 770L
The Odyssey by Homer (I) -- 1050L
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (I) -- 630L
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (III) -- 1070L
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (III) -- 1340L
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (102/IV) -- 1180L
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Foundations) -- 690L
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (III) -- NP
Please email me for more detailed information about Lexile measures.
http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lexile-article-42209-ta.pdf
Here is some additional information about this measurement:
Lexile Reading Level: The Lexile Framework® for Reading is a scientific approach to reading and text measurement. It includes the Lexile® measure and the Lexile scale. The Lexile measure is a reading ability or text difficulty score followed by an “L” (e.g., “850L”). The Lexile scale is a developmental scale for reading ranging from 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced text. Lexile measures are based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: semantic difficulty (word frequency) and syntactic complexity (sentence length). The CRL number from the STAR Program is based on the Lexile Framework, and is reported as a truncated Lexile measure.
Using Reading Levels: Matching a reader’s Lexile measure to a text with the same Lexile measure leads to an expected 75 percent comprehension rate — not too difficult to be frustrating, but difficult enough to be challenging and to encourage reading progress. 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 adding additional support such as background teaching or discussion. Use the free Lexile Book Database (at www.Lexile.com) to support book selection and create booklists within a student’s Lexile range to help the student make informed choices when selecting texts. Use the free Lexile Calculator (at www.Lexile.com) to gauge expected reading comprehension at different Lexile measures for readers and texts.
Non-prose Text (NP): A text designated as "NP" is any book whose content is at least 50 percent non-standard prose. Some examples are poems, plays, songs, and books with incorrect or no punctuation.
Lexile measures:
A Long Way Gone by Dave Eggers (102/IV) -- 920L
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (III) -- 870L
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman (Foundations) -- 760L
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (II) -- 890L
Night by Elie Wiesel (II) -- 590L
Animal Farm by George Orwell (II) -- 1170L
Lord of the Flies by William Goulding (I) -- 770L
The Odyssey by Homer (I) -- 1050L
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (I) -- 630L
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (III) -- 1070L
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (III) -- 1340L
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (102/IV) -- 1180L
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Foundations) -- 690L
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (III) -- NP
Please email me for more detailed information about Lexile measures.