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Lexile Measures and the Lexile Framework for
Reading
An Introduction For Teachers and Parents
DPS Media Services Department
An educational tool created by MetaMetrics, Inc. that links text and readers under a common metric, Lexiles
Provides a common scale for measuring text difficulty and reading ability
Allows educators to predict the level of comprehension a reader is likely to achieve with a particular text
Helps match students with texts at an appropriate level of difficulty
The Lexile Framework for Reading:
Text Characteristics that Influence Readability
Syntactic Complexity• Number of words per sentence
Semantic Difficulty• Frequency of occurrence of individual words
Durham Public Schools Lexile Map
Created by DPS Library Media Coordinators and MetaMetrics
Provides samples of text from a variety of books at each Lexile level found in most DPS media centers
Distributed to all students at end of school year
On display in every DPS media center
Additional maps available upon request
Interpreting Lexiles
A Lexile measure for either text or reader is a number, typically from 200 to 1700, followed by an L
Lexile measures do not directly translate to grade levels. About 50% of students in a particular grade will read higher or lower than the Lexile ranges in the following slide:
75% is the “right amount of challenge”
A student’s Lexile measure is the level at which he/she can read with moderate success (about 75% comprehension)
Why 75% Comprehension?
Years of MetaMetric research suggests that at 75% a reader …
can have a successful reading experience without frustration or boredom, and
be sufficiently challenged to improve
Managing Comprehension Readers can experience frustration when…
• Text readability is 100L+ above their Lexile level Readers can experience ease when…
• Text readability is 50-100L below their Lexile level Readers can experience growth when…
• Text readability is within their Lexile range
General Reading Recommendation:
Targeted text range of 100L below to 50L above
the student’s Lexile levelNote: This range may vary based on text type, reading context and purpose,
reading strategies and support, and reader motivation.
Lexiles Score Information
The Lexile Framework ® for Reading , has been linked to the North Carolina End-of-Grade (NCEOG) Tests of Reading Comprehension and Mathematics.
The test is administered each spring to students statewide in grades 3 through 8.
Principals can access students’ Lexile measures and print reports through the PAPA testing portal, Roster folders at http://papa.dpsnc.net/testing/default.aspx and provide these reports to teachers
Parents can access students’ Lexile measures on EOG Parent/Teacher Report which is mailed or sent home at the end of the school year.
Locating Other Appropriate Reading Materials
Destiny Library Manager, the online catalog in every Durham Public School, provides the Lexile level of each book for which a Lexile level has been published
Access your school’s online catalog at http://destiny.dpsnc.net, or see the following slide: