Topic for Dec. 22 ( Tue )

[Alex !]

Improve Your Reading Ability with Lexile Measures

Firstly, try out to get your own Lexile measure through as belows,

www.testyourvocab.com

How much do you get it ? 

The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to measuring reading ability and the text demand of reading materials. The Lexile Framework involves a scale for measuring both reading ability of an individual and the text complexity of materials he or she encounters. The Lexile scale is like a thermometer, except rather than measuring temperature, the Lexile Framework measures a text’s complexity and a reader’s skill level.

You can build your English-language reading skills by matching your with a Lexile measure. Your Lexile measure allows you to find books that reflect your reading ability and interests, and are challenging enough to help strengthen your reading skills. MetaMetrics and ETS offer this free service to take the guesswork out of choosing the right materials for you to read.

A popular method used by schools to measure a student reader’s ability is Lexile level or a Lexile Measure. A Lexile measure is a valuable tool for teachers, parents, and students.

If a child is disadvantaged as a reader, he or she is disadvantaged as a learner and this can have a significant impact on the opportunities available to him or her beyond the school years. Giving children access to books that will engage and inspire them is a powerful way to spark interest in reading and, once ignited, their passion for reading will last a lifetime.

More on how this works later, but, for now, let’s look at what this means in practical terms. For years, we have connected children with books and other learning materials based on age or school year. This is all very well for children who read at the “average” level for their age. But for children above or below that level, this all too often leads to frustration and a lack of motivation because the books are either too difficult or not challenging enough.

Lexile measures enable teachers and parents to select books and other reading materials that are targeted to a child’s individual reading ability. As such, it is an immediately actionable piece of data – not just another score or test result. By taking the guesswork out of picking the "right" books, parents are able to select books with confidence, safe in the knowledge that the child will not be disheartened by reading material that is too easy or beyond his/her ability. And by personalising literacy in this way, the Lexile Framework goes hand in hand with the growing need for personalised learning. Lexile measures are now the most widely adopted measure of reading ability in the United States, with more than 28 million measures being reported annually. This success has helped encourage the introduction of the Lexile Framework into other countries.

A higher Lexile reader measure represents a higher level of reading ability on the Lexile scale. A Lexile reader measure is usually obtained by having the reader take a test of reading comprehension. There are about two dozen tests that can report Lexile reader measures.

There is no direct correspondence between a specific Lexile measure and a specific grade level. Within any classroom or grade, there will be a range of readers and a range of reading materials. For example, in a fifth-grade classroom there will be some readers who are ahead of the typical reader (about 250L above) and some readers who are behind the typical reader (about 250L below). To say that some books are "just right" for fifth graders assumes that all fifth graders are reading at the same level. The Lexile?Framework for Reading is intended to match readers with texts at whatever level the reader is reading.

The ranges of Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures at specific grades in an effort to describe the typical Lexile measures of texts and the typical Lexile measures of students of a given grade level. This information is for descriptive purposes only and should not be interpreted as a prescribed guide about what an appropriate reader measure or text measure should be for a given grade.

The tables below show the middle 50% of reader measures and text measures for each grade. The middle 50% is called the interquartile range (IQR). The lower number in each range marks the 25th percentile of readers or texts and the higher number in each range marks the 75th percentile of readers or texts. It is important to note that 25% of students and texts in the studies had measures below the lower number and 25% had measures above the higher number. Data for the reader measures came from a national sample of students.

Typical Reader Measures, by Grade

Grade	Reader Measures, Mid-Year 25th percentile to 75th percentile (IQR)
1	Up to 300L
2	140L to 500L
3	330L to 700L
4	445L to 810L
5	565L to 910L
6	665L to 1000L
7	735L to 1065L
8	805L to 1100L
9	855L to 1165L
10	905L to 1195L
11 and 12	940L to 1210L

The second column represent the demand of text that students should be reading to be college and career ready by the end of Grade 12. 

Typical Text Measures, by Grade

Grade	Text Demand Study 2009 25th percentile to 75th percentile (IQR)	2012 CCSS Text Measures*
1	230L to 420L	190L to 530L
2	450L to 570L	420L to 650L
3	600L to 730L	520L to 820L
4	640L to780L	740L to 940L
5	730L to 850L	830L to 1010L
6	860L to 920L	925L to 1070L
7	880L to 960L	970L to 1120L
8	900L to 1010L	1010L to 1185L
9	960L to 1110L	1050L to 1260L
10	920L to 1120L	1080L to 1335L
11 and 12	1070L to 1220L	1185L to 1385L

There is considerable overlap between the grades. This is typical of student reading levels and texts published for each grade. In addition, the level of support provided during reading and reader motivation have an impact on the reading experience. Students who are interested in reading about a specific topic (and are therefore motivated) often are able to read text at a higher level than would be forecasted by the reader's Lexile measure. 

Although a student may be an excellent reader, it is incorrect to assume that he or she will comprehend text typically found at (and intended for) a higher grade level. A high Lexile measure for a student in one grade indicates that the student can read grade-level-appropriate materials at a very high comprehension rate. The student may not have the background knowledge or maturity to understand material written for an older audience. It is always necessary to preview materials prior to selecting them for a student. 

It is important to note that the Lexile measure of a book refers to its text difficulty only. A Lexile measure does not address the content or quality of the book. Lexile measures are based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: word frequency and sentence length. Many other factors affect the relationship between a reader and a book, including its content, the age and interests of the reader, and the design of the actual book. The Lexile measure is a good starting point in your book-selection process, but you should always consider these other factors when making a decision about which book to choose. 

The real power of The Lexile Framework is in matching readers to text-no matter where the reader is in the development of his or her reading skills-and in examining reader growth. When teachers know Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, they can match their students with the texts that will maximize learning and growth. 

[TOPAZ]

Team, It's better not to join this club any more. After reorga in my company, I am called by my boss a lot in this time. so far, Thanks for your leading me, Hope many accomplishment in this English club. Bye

[Alex !]

Sorry for hearing from you but I understood what you're saying, Ethan.
Take good care and keep building good career !

[Claire!!]

Sorry I can't join the session on this Tuesday and Wednesday. Have fun everyone ^^

[Alex !]

Ok, got it, Claire !
Have great time and see you around.