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The Lexile Framework for Reading: Integrating Measurement and Instruction COPENHAGEN Sunday, August 14, 2011

The Lexile Framework is an educational tool that measures the complexity of reading material and the reading level of individual readers. It provides a common metric to link readers and texts, forecast comprehension levels, and track growth over time. Lexile measures can be found in norm-referenced tests, library resources, and online platforms. The Lexile scale ranges from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced readers, with 75L being the recommended comprehension level.

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The Lexile Framework for Reading: Integrating Measurement and Instruction COPENHAGEN Sunday, August 14, 2011

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  1. The Lexile Framework for Reading: Integrating Measurement and InstructionCOPENHAGEN Sunday, August 14, 2011 • Jackson Stenner • Chairman & CEO, MetaMetrics • Research Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill

  2. The Lexile Framework is NOT: • A reading program • A test or method of assessment • Educational software

  3. What is The Lexile Framework for Reading? • An educational tool – a scale - that links reading material and readers under a common metric – the Lexile. • Measures the complexity of reading material • Measures the reading level of individual readers

  4. A student’s Lexile measure is her reading level. A book’s Lexile measure is its reading difficulty. The Lexile Framework for Reading A Lexile is a measure of both reading level and text complexity, on the same scale. an 1170L book an 1170L reader

  5. Why The Lexile Framework? LINK reader to text under a common measure FORECAST levels of comprehension TRACK growth over time

  6. Where are Lexile Measures Found? All major norm-referenced tests are linked Over 30 million students received a Lexile measure last school year Over 450 publishers Nearly 115,000 book titles to search at www.lexile.com Over 400 million Lexiled articles

  7. Where are Lexile Measures Found?Formative and Norm-Referenced Assessments

  8. Where are Lexile Measures Found?Library Resources

  9. The Lexile Scale How high does the Lexile scale go? How low does the Lexile scale go?

  10. The Lexile Scale Lexile measures typically range from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced readers. Text below 200L represents beginning-reading material. A student’s Lexile measure of 0L or below is coded BR, signifying ‘Beginning Reading’.

  11. Lexile Measures & Text Complexity “Quantitative dimensions of text complexity refer to those aspects of text complexity, such as word length or frequency, sentence length, and text cohesion, that are difficult if not impossible for a human reader to evaluate efficiently, especially in long texts, and are thus today typically measured by computer software.” -from the Common Core State Standards

  12. Determining Text Complexity Sentence Length (syntactic complexity) Longer sentences are more complex and require more short-term memory to process.

  13. Determining Text Complexity • Vocabulary (semantic difficulty) Less familiar words impede reading fluency and affect comprehension.

  14. Analyzing Text Readability Read and examine Camping is Fun. Easy or difficult to read? Why?

  15. Camping is Fun(M. Garcia) We went camping. On Monday, we put up the tent. The tent fell down! On Tuesday, we hiked. It rained and we got wet! On Wednesday, we fished. Uncle Pete caught a boot! On Thursday, we left food on the table. The raccoons ate it! On Friday, we cooked marshmallows. They fell in the fire! On Saturday, we heard a strange noise. We were too scared to sleep! On Sunday, we went home. "Did you like camping?" asked Uncle Pete. "Yes!" we said. "Camping is fun!"

  16. Camping is Fun(M. Garcia) We went camping. On Monday, we put up the tent. The tent fell down! On Tuesday, we hiked. It rained and we got wet! On Wednesday, we fished. Uncle Pete caught a boot! On Thursday, we left food on the table. The raccoons ate it! On Friday, we cooked marshmallows. They fell in the fire! On Saturday, we heard a strange noise. We were too scared to sleep! On Sunday, we went home. "Did you like camping?" asked Uncle Pete. "Yes!" we said. "Camping is fun!" 200L

  17. Analyzing Text Readability Read and examine an excerpt of a speech from Lee Kuan Yew: The Separation of Singapore from Malaysia Difficult or easy to read? Why?

  18. Speech from Lee Kuan Yew:Separation of Singapore from Malaysia "For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I believed in merger and unity of the two territories. ... Now, I, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, do hereby proclaim and declare on behalf of the people and the Government of Singapore that as from today, the ninth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, Singapore shall be forever a sovereign democratic and independent nation, founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of the people in a most and just equal society.“

  19. Speech from Lee Kuan Yew:Separation of Singapore from Malaysia "For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I believed in merger and unity of the two territories. ... Now, I, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, do hereby proclaim and declare on behalf of the people and the Government of Singapore that as from today, the ninth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five, Singapore shall be forever a sovereign democratic and independent nation, founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of the people in a most and just equal society.“ 1550L

  20. Why 75% Comprehension? Research suggests that at 75%… A reader can have a successful reading experience without frustration or boredom A reader can achieve “functional comprehension” of the text A reader will be sufficiently challenged (by vocabulary and syntax) to improve 75% is the “right amount of challenge”

  21. Managing Comprehension Readers may experience frustration when… Text readability is 100L+ above their Lexile level. Readers may experience ease when… Text readability is 50-100L below their Lexile level. Readers may experience growth when… Text readability is within their Lexile range. General Reading Recommendation: Targeted text range of 100L below to 50L abovethe student’s Lexile level Note: This range may vary based on text type, reading context and purpose, reading strategies and support, and reader motivation.

  22. Finding targeted text on ecosystems: Books: Lexile Measure: Inside Ecosystems and Biomes 700L Exploring Ecosystems with Max Axiom, Super Scientist 750L Earth’s Ecosystems IG810L Ecosystems 860L Populations and Ecosystems 880L Biomes and Ecosystems 970L The Eastern Forest 1010L The Deserts of the Southwest 1080L The Prairie 1140L Endangered Species 1160L

  23. Time Reading and Reading Achievement Fifth-Grade Students from Anderson et al., 1988, Table 3, N = 155. Reading material included books, magazines, and newspapers.

  24. College and Career Readiness SkillsReading Demand of Newspapers USA Today(1200L) Associated Press(1310L) Chicago Tribune(1310L) Wall Street Journal(1320L) Washington Post(1350L) NY Times(1380L) Reuters(1440L)

  25. College and Career Readiness SkillsReading Demand of International Newspapers • The Egyptian Gazette (Egypt) 1440L • Oman Daily Observer (Oman) 1430L • Financial Times (Great Britain) 1430L • Straits Times (Singapore) 1410 L • Gulf Times (Qatar) 1420L • China Daily (China) 1400L • France Daily (France) 1400L • The Moscow Times (Russia) 1400L • The Australian (Australia) 1390L • German Times (Germany) 1390L • Copenhagen Post (Denmark) 1390L • Irish Times (Ireland) 1380L • Santiago Times (Chile) 1380L • Jerusalem Post (Israel) 1370L

  26. FREE Lexile Toolswww.lexile.com Lexile Find a Book Lexile Analyzer

  27. www.Lexile.com

  28. Find-a-Book

  29. Select reading interest:

  30. Search results:

  31. Create a reading list:

  32. Edit reading list to personalize:

  33. Search for books:

  34. Search results:

  35. Link to public library

  36. Link to public library

  37. Tools - Lexile Analyzer

  38. The Lexile Analyzer

  39. The Lexile Analyzer Copy the article

  40. The Lexile Analyzer Paste the text into the Word document

  41. The Lexile Analyzer Remove titles, pictures, graphs, illustrations, captions, sub-headings, and bylines

  42. The Lexile Analyzer Be sure to remove hyper-links

  43. The Lexile Analyzer Be sure to save as ‘Plain Text’

  44. Oasis • A student-centered personalized learning platform • Does not require teacher direction • Differentiated activities • Embedded assessment in the background • Web-enabled with minimal bandwidth requirement • Built on the principles of deliberate practice…

  45. Demo Accounts for Copenhagen • 45 demo accounts have been created inside Oasis for the folks in Copenhagen. • All the usernames are: rasch# where the # is a number from 1 to 45 (eg., rasch1, rasch15, rasch42). • All the passwords are: jakob • Oasis can be accessed by browsing to: http://www.alearningoasis.com and clicking on the green “launch” button. If anyone has issues logging in, they can contact Sean Hanlon – shanlon@lexile.com

  46. Reader Ability Temperature

  47. Three well researched constructs • Reader ability • Text Complexity • Comprehension

  48. Reading is a process in which information from the text and the knowledge possessed by the reader act together to produce meaning. Anderson, R.C., Hiebert, E.H., Scott, J.A., & Wilkinson, I.A.G. (1985) Becoming a nation ofreaders: The report of the Commission on Reading Urbana, IL: University of Illinois

  49. An Equation Conceptual Text Complexity Reader Ability - = Comprehension Statistical e (RA – TC ) i Expected Raw Score = 1 + e (RA – TCi) i RA = Reading Ability TC = Text Calibrations

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