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What are Lexiles?
The Lexile Framework for Reading® from MetaMetrics® matches reader ability and text difficulty, allowing for individualized monitoring of progress. This scientific approach to reading and text measurement is the result of more than 20 years of ongoing research.
The Lexile Framework 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. All Lexile Framework products, tools and services rely on the Lexile measure and scale to match reader and text.
Lexiles in ProQuest teaching and learning solutions
Our eLibrary and SIRS online research tools make it easy for librarians, educators, and researchers to track down full-text information linked to specific Lexile levels. (Our new eLibrary research tool also makes it easy to differentiate instruction and employ 21st century skills in everyday instruction.)
The eLibrary Advanced Search feature allows users to stipulate a Lexile Level for all returned results.
SIRS results also display a Lexile level to assist schools in tracking down resources to match reader ability.
Every document at ProQuest is Lexiled at the time it is loaded into eLibrary and SIRS. A Lexile of 0 is assigned to image and video documents, but these documents may be found in a result set even if a search was limited by Lexile.
When paired with Lexile levels, our ProQuest solutions make it easy to:
- Develop individualized reading lists that are tailored to provide appropriately challenging reading.
- Enhance thematic teaching by building a bank of titles at varying levels that not only support the theme, but provide a way for all students to successfully participate in the theme.
- Use as an organizing tool when sequencing materials. For example, you might be choosing one book a month for use as a read-aloud throughout the school year.
- In addition to considering the topic, you could increase the difficulty of the books throughout the year. This approach is also useful if you are utilizing a core program or textbook that is set up in anthology format. You may find that you need to rearrange the order of the anthologies to best meet your students' needs.
- For additional ideas, review our Lexiles in ProQuest PowerPoint presentation (PPT).
Different from other reading measures
Lexiles are uniquely independent, accurate and actionable:
- Lexiles are instrument independent. A wide variety of test, instructional software, book and article publishers have adopted Lexile measures. States and districts are not limited to a single supplier.
- Lexiles use the same method and scale to measure readers and text. The same measurement approach and a common scale means greater accuracy in matching readers with text.
- Lexiles apply to everyday reading. A student's Lexile measure is more than a test score. It applies to books and articles that a student encounters daily -- at school, home and in the library -- creating a strong school-home connection.
Flexibly manage comprehension
Lexile measures allow educators to manage reading comprehension. 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.
Educators and librarians can further adjust anticipated comprehension for reading instruction and for better understanding of other curriculum learning materials and lesson plans simply by choosing more or less difficult texts.
Source: Lexile.com @ MetaMetrics
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