1. Lexiles
"Using technology to promote the use of Lexiles in a school reading plan. "

3. MetaMetrics
MetaMetrics, a privately held educational measurement company, develops scientifically based measures of student achievement that link assessment with instruction, foster better educational practices, and improve learning by matching students to materials that meet and challenge their abilities.

4. This presentation…
Affirms all materials and resources used in conjunction with the Lexile name are copyrighted by and the sole property of MetaMetrics.
Recognizes the value of using Lexiles for instructional purposes.
Attempts to demonstrate ideas and resources used in conjunction with Lexiles.

5. MetaMetrics’ products and services focus on improving teaching and learning in grades K-12, enabling educators to use students’ scores from classroom and state assessments to:
Achieve instructional and curricular objectives
Match students to targeted materials that meet and challenge their individual abilities
Differentiate instruction and manage comprehension, across content areas and grades
Track growth and set achievable goals
Map day-to-day progress to desired results on high-stakes tests
Communicate with school administrators and parents about students’ progress and goals
Meet federal, state and district requirements for student performance and growth
…from

6. MetaMetrics’ user base includes:
State Departments of Education
State-wide and/or local schools and districts
Parents and students
Instructional consultants
Educational researchers
Publishers
Test development companies
Academic measurement groups

7. Why Should We Care About Reading?
Life’s Demands for Literacy
Continuing Education
Workplace
Citizenship

8. Lifelong Reading CD-DVD Player Instructions (1080L)
Microsoft Window User Manual (1150L)
GM Protection Plan (1150)
Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170L)
Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260L)
Application for a student loan (1270L)
Medical Insurance Benefits Pkg. (1280L)
SAT (1330L)
GED (1060L)

9. What are Lexiles?
A Lexile is a standard unit for measuring the comprehensibility of text
Semantics (meaning)
Syntax (sentence structure)
A Lexile measure or range can also be assigned to a student

10. Overall Goal of Lexiles is to…
… create Text Accessibility, a marriage between student ability and text level so that students can access content information.

11. Lexiles Do Not Address Student interest Age-appropriateness
Text support
Quality of text
Prior Knowledge

12. Determining a Student’s Lexile Range
Independent Reading Range of difficulty should be Lexiles above to 100 Lexiles below
Instructional Reading Range of difficulty should be to 150 Lexiles above

13. The Lexile Framework The Lexile Map The Lexile Analyzer Linking
Technology
Lexiled
Reading
Assessments

14. The Lexile Analyzer Scan text into electronic format Edit text
Examine words
Examine sentences
Calculate Lexile measure
Review text and Lexile measure

15. The Lexile Map

16. Linking Technology - Lexile
The Lexile Book Database
The Lexile Analyzer
The Lexile Calculator
The Lexile Multiple Measures Calculator

17. The Lexile Book Database
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18. Click Lexile Book Database

19. Textbook Details

20. Book Search

21. Lexile Book Database

22. 2. Sort by Lexile and Select Results per page
Book Search by Title
2. Sort by Lexile and Select Results per page
1. Enter Title
3. Click Search

23. Click on a title to view details
Search Results
Click on a title to view details

24. Book Details

25. 2. Sort by Lexile and Select Results per page
Search by Author
1. Enter Author
3. Click Search

26. Search Results: 32 Books 590L – 960L

27. Search by Lexile Range and Keyword
Enter Lexile Range:
Enter Keyword:
life cycles

28. Letters in the Lexile measure?
Search Results
Letters in the Lexile measure?
Click here

29. Explanation of Lexile Codes

30. Advanced Book Search
Click here

31. Book Type Options
Drop down menu

32. Developmental Rating Options
Drop down menu

33. Find A Book with Lexiles

34. Find A Book with Lexiles
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35. Find A Book with Lexiles

36. Find A Book with Lexiles

37. Find A Book with Lexiles

38. Go to
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39. Creating Documents for the Online Analyzer
Create a text document
Save the document as “text only” (*.txt)
You are now ready to use the online analyzer to determine the Lexile measure of the text

40. Saving Documents to Analyze
You must save your document as Text Only
Make sure participants save their document to an appropriate location and that they remember where they saved the document.

41. You must register first
Lexile Analyzer
Click Lexile Analyzer
Sign In
You must register first

42. Registration is Easy
Remind participants that they will receive a confirmation of registration via .

43. Click Browse… to find your file
Lexile Analyzer
Click Browse… to find your file

44. Double click on the document
Insert the Document
Locate your document
Double click on the document
Some participants may need assistance locating where they saved their document.

45. The document is inserted
Analyze the Text
The document is inserted
Click Analyze

46. The Results
Remind participants to record the Lexile measure of their text as this online version of the Analyzer does not store the information. One suggestion is to record the Lexile measure in the footer of the version of the document they will be using (printing), not the document version saved as “text only” (*.txt).

47. Lexile Calculator Can forecast comprehension
Identifies the relationship between the reader and the text
Predicts how well the reader will comprehend the material in the text
Can perform the following calculations:
The rate at which a student is expected to comprehend of the text
The reading ability a reader is expected to need in order to comprehend the text at a specific level
The Lexile Calculator is a tool to calculate expected comprehension at various Lexile measures.
We know that students are less successful when reading text that is more difficult (higher Lexile measure) than their reading ability (Lexile measure).
The Calculator enables the teacher to predict, or forecast, the expected comprehension rate for a student when the student reads material that is above or below his/her reading ability.

48. Lexile Calculator
The x axis represents the difference (in Lexiles) between the reader measure (Lexile) and the text measure (Lexile).
You should read the label for the x axis as “reader minus text” to yield a Lexile differential.
The y axis represents the forecasted comprehension rate recorded as a percentage.
If you know a student’s Lexile measure and the Lexile measure for a text, you can use the Calculator to predict the comprehension rate for the student on that text.

49. Lexile Calculator 
The X marks the spot where there is no difference between the Lexile measure of the reader and the Lexile measure of the text. It intersects with the forecasted comprehension rate of 75%.
So a reader with a Lexile measure of 600L who is asked to read a text measured at 600L is expected to have a 75-percent comprehension rate.
But what would the comprehension rate be if this same reader were given a text measured at 350L or one at 850L? It is the difference in Lexiles between reader and text that governs comprehension.
Do not confuse comprehension rate with accuracy rate.
At a 75% comprehension rate the reader is reading with enough accuracy and fluency to make sense of the text (comprehend what is being read) and acquire new vocabulary. This is the target comprehension rate and the basis from which all Lexile calculations are made.

50. Lexile Calculator Formula for the X axis: Examples: minus
Reader measure – Text measure = Lexiles
Examples:
Reader (1230L) – Text (890L) = 340 L
Reader (890L) – Text (1230L) = L
minus
The Lexile Calculator shows the relationship between a reader and a text, identifying how well the reader will comprehend the material in the text.
Whenever the Lexile measure of the text is higher than the Lexile measure of the reader, the Lexile differential is recorded as a negative number.
(easy)
(difficult)

51. Calculation for X Axis 1230 890 340 890 1230 -340 Reader Text
Lexile difference
It may be easier for participants to view the equations in vertical format.
Note: The Lexile difference can be a positive or negative number

52. Forecasted Comprehension Rates
Reader measure – text calibration = O Lexiles
75% comprehension rate
Reader measure – text calibration = Lexiles
50% comprehension rate
Reader measure – text calibration = Lexiles
90% comprehension rate
You can see the fluctuation in comprehension rate when the text is at a higher or lower Lexile than that of the reader.

53. Lexile Calculator Click here
This section is a tutorial for the Lexile Calculator available at
The presenter may wish to demonstrate other examples if they have connectivity to the Internet.

54. Access the Lexile Calculator
Click here

55. Calculating Expected Comprehension Rate
1. Select grade level
2. Select top button
3. Enter Lexile range and Submit

56. Forecasted Comprehension
Calculator Results
A class with a range of reading abilities between 620 Lexiles and 1190 Lexiles is expected to comprehend the Grade 7 "Book Bag" with a comprehension rate between 39% and 94%.
Blue bar indicates comprehension range

57. Scroll down to view Book Bag Titles
Titles in Book Bag
Scroll down to view Book Bag Titles

58. Calculating Required Lexile Measure for Selected Comprehension Rate
1. Select grade level
2. Select bottom button
3. Enter comprehension range and Submit

59. Lexile Measure Required to Meet Comprehension Rate
Calculator Results
In order for a student class to comprehend the Grade 7 "Book Bag" with a comprehension rate between 85% and 90%, the students would be expected to have an ability between 1015 and 1100 Lexiles.
This may be a good time to pause and ask participants to forecast the comprehension rate for each of the Lexile groupings they created for their own classrooms earlier in the workshop. If you have connectivity to the Internet, you may wish to demonstrate the calculator using information suggested by participants.
Another possible point of discussion would be to revisit the Lexile ranges for independent reading and instructional reading.
Blue bar indicates required Lexile measure

60. Linking Technology - Assessments
NWEA (MAP)
Scholastic Reading Inventory
PACT (grades 3-8)

61. Overview
One important aspect of student success is the ability to read grade-level material. NWEA Reading assessments provide an accurate indication of a student's reading ability. Educators use this score, in conjunction with DesCartes, to identify appropriate reading instruction. Because districts can test up to four times a year, teachers can measure and monitor reading growth accurately throughout the year.

62. Features Provide both a Lexile score and reading RIT scores.
Allow teachers and parents to identify books and curriculum materials that are appropriately challenging for students.
Leverage the Lexile Framework to match texts to a student's reading ability. Texts are evaluated for difficulty based on two parameters: word complexity and frequency, and sentence length.
Maintain individualized student data year after year; educators can easily track the growth of a student's reading level over time.

63. Practical Application
Identify a student's individual reading level.
Match a learner's reading level with fiction, non-fiction, and instructional materials spanning thousands of books and millions of articles.
Track a student's reading comprehension over time and set goals accordingly.
Forecast whether a reader will be able to easily comprehend the material.
Set and track goals for independent reading.
Plan for disparities between student reading comprehension levels and the readability of assigned materials.
Easily create customized reading lists for individual students.

64. Scholastic Reading Inventory

65. How SRI Works
Scholastic Reading Inventory functions as a quick "reading physical" at all stages of a student's academic career, from Grade 1 to Grade 12. Use SRI at all levels to pretest at the beginning of the school year, and test again at intervals throughout the year to measure reading growth and determine needs.

66. 1. Select Book

67. 2. Take Quiz

68. Get Reading List

69. Get Teacher Reports

70. Browse by Level

71. PACT User’s Guides, Score Reports, and Brochures
Copies of the 2007 PACT Score Report User’s Guide should have arrived in districts by August 23, along with the Individual Student Reports (ISRs), student labels, and paper copies of reports ordered by the district. Also included in this shipment were copies of the updated PACT brochure: “PACT Facts for Students, Parents, and Educators” for distribution to the parents of students tested with PACT. New for 2007 is “The Lexile Framework for Reading – Map of Literature Titles.” Sufficient copies were provided for schools to send one map home with each ISR. The User’s Guide, “PACT Facts” brochure, and Lexile map can also be accessed from the PACT Web page:
Lexile measures have been added to the 2007 ISRs and district data files. The Lexile measure, consisting of a range of scores for each student, is reported in the ELA section of each ISR. Lexiles and their use are described in the User’s Guide, on the back of the ISRs, and on the reverse side of the Lexile maps.

72. Linking Technology - Resources
Destiny
DISCUS
EBSCO
ProQuest
Questia
Newsbank

73. School Site

74. Catalog – Search by Lexile

75. Select the Search Strategy

76. Hit(s)

77. Power Search

78. Discus – Your Information Place

79. Databases Supporting Lexile
SIRS Knowledge Source
SIRS Discoverer
Grolier Online
Thompson Gale sources

80. Which Thomson Gale products support Lexiles?
Academic ASAP Academic OneFile Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) Computer Database Educator’s Reference Complete Expanded Academic ASAP General Reference Center General Reference Center Gold Health Reference Center Academic Informe InfoTrac Custom Journals InfoTrac Custom Newspapers InfoTrac OneFile LegalTrac Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Professional Collection PowerSearch  Student Resource Center Bronze Student Resource Center College Edition Expanded Student Resource Center Gold Student Resource Center Silver Student Resource Center Silver Health Module

81. Where Do Lexiles Appear?
When enabled in the supported databases, Lexiles are displayed as part of the citation on the tabbed results list for documents from magazines, academic journals and news sources, where available. They also appear at the top of the Lexiled document itself.

82. Academic OneFile

83. Search – Carbon footprint (850-1050L)

84. Three Ways to Apply Lexiles to Lexiled Databases
Use the Lexile Reading Level Drop Down Box
Enter Lexile Reading Score
Use Field Codes (lx )

85. Enter topic and select a Lexile range
Use the Lexile Reading Level Drop Down Box
Enter topic and select a Lexile range

86. Search Results
Lexile measure
Number of Articles

87. Use hyphen before or after the Lexile
2. Use the Lexile Reading Score Box
Use hyphen before or after the Lexile
Note:
Hyphen before the Lexile limits the search to material at or below that Lexile
Hyphen after the Lexile limits the search to material at or above that Lexile

88. Search Results
Number of Articles
Lexile measure

89. Choose a New Database
Choose Database

90. Health Source Database
Select Health Source

91. Enter topic and Lexile range
3. Use Field Codes – Range
Enter topic and Lexile range lx
Formula for Lexile Range:
“and lx Lexile-Lexile”

92. Search Results
Number of Articles
Lexile measure

93. Enter topic and Lexile maximum Formula for Lexile Maximum:
Field Codes – Maximum
Enter topic and Lexile maximum
lx -1100
Formula for Lexile Maximum:
“and lx -Lexile”

94. Search Results
Number of Articles
Lexile measure

95. Enter topic and Lexile minimum Formula for Lexile Minimum:
Field Codes – Minimum
Enter topic and Lexile minimum
lx 1100-
Formula for Lexile Minimum:
“and lx Lexile-”

96. Search Results
Number of Articles
Lexile measure

97. Linking Technology - Creativity
At this past year’s Lexile Conference in Orlando, FL, I was fortunate to get to many presentations, as well as have the ability to speak with colleagues from around the county. These are some of the ideas I came away with from the conference. I hope to be able to put some of these ideas in place this year. We are already working on some. I suggest that joining the SCASL listserv and participating in the online dialog would be an excellent method to share what work’s and what doesn’t! I apologize for not be able to identify who shared these ideas with me…I don’t assume to take any credit for them.

98. Linking Technology - Creativity
Summer reading / enrichment programs
Creating Lexile learning packets
Adding lexiled documents to school databases
Supplemental Lexile Portfolios for Textbooks

99. Summer reading / enrichment programs
Review materials
Items from a variety of assessments
Information not thoroughly learned
Advanced readings
Fundamentals of new learning
Required readings or review of concepts
Transitional (i.e. leaving 5th - entering 6th grade)
Collaborative efforts between teachers to increase learning
Basics of new curriculum or standards

100. Creating Lexile learning packets
Plans / directions for activities
Timelines / rationale for learning
Reading resources / activities
Simple assessments to gage learning
Activity to demonstrate learning that has occurred

101. Adding lexiled materials to school databases
Teachers / Library Media Specialists identify appropriate resources
Prepare persistent hyperlinks / collaborate with public libraries, etc.
Provide instructions for searching and retrieving resources
Maintain consistent records

102. Supplemental Lexile Portfolios for Textbooks
Develop collaborative instructional teams (i.e. grade level, subject area, or inter-disciplinary approach.)
Determine scope or resources (Lexile levels, media formats)
Collect, review, and create electronic bibliography (DVD, CD, Website…)

103. South Carolina – Social Studies – Grade 6
Explain the development of English government and legal practices, including the principles of the Magna Carta, its effect on the feudal system, and its contribution to the development of representative government in England. (P, H)
850L – 1150L

104. The Making of the Magna Carta
Junior Scholastic
March 22, 1999
5 pages
Presents a play depicting the making of Great Britain’s Magna Carta under King John of England in the 1200’s
500L

105. Survey of the Magna Carta
Book – Events of the Middle Ages
© 2002
3 pages
Discusses the Magna Carta, the charter signed by British King John in 1215 which outlined the feudal privileges…
770L

106. The Meaning of the Magna Carta since 1215
History Today
September, 2003
7 pages
Considers how and why the Magna Carta, the great charter of liberty granted by King John in 1215 that placed the English king under the law…
1350L

107. Magna Carta: Exemplification of 1215
Article taken from Events of the Middle Ages
2002
10 pages
Reproduces the translation of the Exemplification of 1215, the Magna Carta, also called the Great Charter, from the original Latin. Abuses of power …
1550L

108. Thanks! David Bell Coordinator, Horry County Schools Conway, SC
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