Reading
Mrs. Giambalvo
Strategic Reading Classes
What is a Lexile Measure?
A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile.
- A student gets his or her Lexile Reader Measure from a reading test or program. For example, if a student receives an 880L on her end-of-grade reading test, she is an 880 Lexile reader. Higher Lexile measures represent a higher level of reading ability.
The idea behind The Lexile Framework for Reading is simple: if we know how well a student can read and how hard a specific book is to comprehend, we can predict how well that student will likely understand the book.
Below is a rough estimate of grade level equivalents (the median is showed in parenthesis):
Grade 1 up to 300
2 140-(320)-500
3 330-(515)-700
4 445-(627)-810
5 565-(737)-910
6 665-(832)-1000
7 735-(900)-1065
8 805-(952)-1100
9 855-(1010-1165
10 905-(1050)-1195
11 & 12 940-(1075)-1210
Finding Appropriate Literature
Are you having a difficult time finding good books for your child to read? This website is a valuable tool to use when looking for quality literature at a variety of reading levels. The Children's Book Review
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