Lexile Reading Levels in SIRS

1. Lexile Reading Levels in SIRS What Are Lexile Reading Levels • Lexile scores match reader ability and text difficulty, allowing individualized monitoring of student progress. Why Add Lexiles? • Due to the accountability requirements of NCLB, many states are turning to standardized systems for reading which help to track student progress. • States and districts throughout the U.S.—including California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming—have adopted the Lexile Framework as a critical part of the reading curriculum. How does it Work? • Lexile measures are based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: semantic difficulty (word frequency) and syntactic complexity (sentence length). Lexile Score Table from www.lexile.com: ProQuest Company

2. SIRS Discoverer • Why use two separate reading levels? • SIRS Editorially assigned reading levels take into account subject matter, depth of coverage and Flesch Reading Ease scale. • Lexile Scores provide a formalized measurement by which students and teachers can track their reading progress one of the necessary requirements for NCLB funding. Lexile Score Table from www.lexile.com: (all grade levels) (grades 1-4) (grades 5-7) (8th grade and beyond) ProQuest Company

3. SIRS Discoverer Sort results with lowest or highest Lexile scores first Lexile Indicators for each article are underlined ProQuest Company

4. Discoverer Advanced Search • Advanced Search allows students to sort results by relevance, date or Lexile score in descending or ascending order. Additionally, students may limit results to a particular Lexile range. Use the descending order option to return the highest Lexile scores first. Students retrieve articles within their Lexile reading level – enabling research at easy and challenging levels. Leave these fields blank to return all Lexile scores. Lexile Score: 900 Lexile Score: 890 Lexile Score: 870 ProQuest Company