Lexile Framework for Reading Supporting Quality Instruction Office of Instruction

What is a Lexile? Big Idea: Lexiles provide a single measure of… Reader Ability and Text Readability

Lexile Framework Lexile measure –Numeric representation of reader’s ability or a text’s difficulty –850L Lexile scale –Developmental scale for reading –Ranges from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced texts

Lexile Reader Measure Lexile Scale Lexile Text Measure 1700L 200L Advanced Reader Difficult Text Beginning Reader Easy Text

How is a Lexile text measure determined? Semantic Difficulty  the frequency of the words in a corpus of written text  corpus has over 600-million words Syntactic Complexity  the number of words per sentence  longer sentences are more complex and require more short-term memory to process

6 The Lexile Map Literature Titles Benchmarks (Sample Text) Lexile Measure

220L 320L 490L

770L 660L 560L

1030L 950L 820L

1210L 1200L 1160L

1530L 1440L 1340L

1840L 1790L 1680L

How do I get Lexiles measures for my students? “ State Information” page on West Virginia  ACT Explore (Grade 8)  ACT Plan (Grade 10)  WESTEST 2 (Spring 2009)

Placing a Reader on the Lexile Map Harcourt Assessment – SAT-10, SAT-9, MAT-8 CTB/McGraw Hill – TerraNova Assessment Series Scholastic – SRI, READ 180, Reading Counts! Sopris West - Language! Voyager – Passport Reading Journeys Northwest Evaluation Assoc. – Measures of Academic Progress Pearson - Stanford 9 and 10 Riverside – Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests Dynamic Measurement Group - DIBELS

How will we use Lexiles in the classroom? To promote reading progress To differentiate instruction To select reading material that meets and challenges each student’s ability across content areas To provide a clear, nonjudgmental way of communicating a student’s reading ability to parents To generate lists of books that parents know will be challenging reading for their children (e.g., summer reading lists)

Linking Assessment to Instruction Lexiles… Add value to state assessments –adding more information but not more time. Offer a common scale for monitoring student progress. Paint a “big picture” view of student progress, preschool through graduate school. Give parents and students a way to monitor reading progress.

Lexile Comprehension Model Reader Ability - Text Readability = Comprehension “Targeted” Comprehension = 75% Independent Reading 600L (reader) – 600L (text) = 0 (75% forecasted comprehension) Educators can adjust forecasted comprehension by changing the text options given to a reader.

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) 75% is the “right amount of challenge”

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

Lexile Tools Lexile Book Database – contains thousands of books, newspapers, magazines and other reading material that have a Lexile measure Lexile Analyzer – a tool for analyzing reading materials and producing a Lexile measure Spanish Lexile Analyzer-a tool for analyzing Spanish text and generate Spanish Lexile measure Lexile Calculator – a tool to calculate expected comprehension at various Lexile measures Lexile Reading Pathfinder – a set of prepared list of books by series and by topics Lexile Power Vocabulary – vocabulary words lists for books that might challenge the reader.

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Recommendations: Use a Lexile range that is from 50L above your student's Lexile measure to 100L below to ensure that s/he has a successful reading experience. Enter keywords to find books that match his/her interests. The key here is to get your student reading. Select books with the Lexile range that you are looking for (either for a student or based on your classroom Lexile roster), but also select a development level (e.g., "Middle School").

Creating Documents for the Online Analyzer 1.Create a text document 2.Save the document as “plain text.” 3.You are now ready to use the online analyzer to determine the Lexile measure of the text

Lexile Framework Adjustments for the reader –Guide a struggling reader –Guide advanced students Adjustments for the text –Confronting new texts Adjustments for content

BookBags Create a BookBag for your reading groups. Create a BookBag for summer reading. Create a BookBag for independent reading program.

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Lexile Presentation from March 20, 2009 Lexile Scavenger Hunt

The Quantile Framework ® for Mathematics A Practical Approach: Linking Assessment to Instruction

What is the Quantile Framework? What does a Quantile measure mean? How can it be used in the classroom? Free suite of online tools at Quantiles.com Workshop Objectives:

What is the Quantile Framework?

The Quantile Framework is NOT: An indicator of mastery or a test score A list of mathematics skills A curriculum for mathematics or a math program Grade equivalent

Developmental scale that locates mathematics skills and concepts within a taxonomy. Characterizes the problem-solver with a measure on the same developmental scale. The Quantile measure uses a common metric for both. The Quantile Framework

Is like a “gauge” or “yardstick”---it’s a way to measure the development of: –Students’ mathematical knowledge, and –Difficulty of math skills and topics The Quantile Framework

Using the Quantile Framework Determines readiness Informs instruction Forecasts performance on high stakes tests

A Single Measure The content strands are so intertwined that only one measure is necessary.

Name Q Measure Ruth300Q Sue340Q Janet350Q Heather400Q Kate450Q Lisa490Q Eduardo600Q Shelby650Q Todd670Q Emily680Q Harold700Q Dee700Q Kathy750Q LaTisha780Q Jose800Q Jack850Q Dan850Q John930Q Tim950Q Robin950Q Jill1000Q Sample Fourth Grade Class

Name Q Measure Ruth300Q Sue340Q Janet350Q Heather400Q Kate450Q Lisa490Q Eduardo600Q Shelby650Q Todd670Q Emily680Q Harold700Q Dee700Q Kathy750Q LaTisha780Q Jose800Q Jack850Q Dan850Q John930Q Tim950Q Robin950Q Jill1000Q Sample Fourth Grade Class Typical student measure: 495Q to 815Q

M.O select appropriate measuring tools, apply and convert standard units within a system to estimate, measure, compare and order real-world measurements including: lengths using customary (to the nearest one- fourth inch) and metric units, weight, capacity, temperature, and justify and present results. West Virginia Math CSO

M.O select appropriate measuring tools, apply and convert standard units within a system to estimate, measure, compare and order real-world measurements including: lengths using customary (to the nearest one- fourth inch) and metric units, weight, capacity, temperature, and justify and present results. West Virginia Math CSO

M.O select appropriate measuring tools, apply and convert standard units within a system to estimate, measure, compare and order real-world measurements including: lengths using customary (to the nearest one-fourth inch) and metric units, weight, capacity, temperature, and justify and present results. West Virginia Math CSO QTaxon QT-M Q Convert measures of length, area, capacity, weight, and time expressed in a given unit to other units in the same measurement system.

Name Q Measure Ruth300Q Sue340Q Janet350Q Heather400Q Kate450Q Lisa490Q Eduardo600Q Shelby650Q Todd670Q Emily680Q Harold700Q Dee700Q Kathy750Q LaTisha780Q Jose800Q Jack850Q Dan850Q John930Q Tim950Q Robin950Q Jill1000Q Sample Fourth Grade Class QTaxon QT-M Q Convert measures of length, area, capacity, weight, and time expressed in a given unit to other units in the same measurement system.

Name Q Measure Ruth300Q Sue340Q Janet350Q Heather400Q Kate450Q Lisa490Q Eduardo600Q Shelby650Q Todd670Q Emily680Q Harold700Q Dee700Q Kathy750Q LaTisha780Q Jose800Q Jack850Q Dan850Q John930Q Tim950Q Robin950Q Jill1000Q Sample Fourth Grade Class QTaxon QT-M Q Convert measures of length, area, capacity, weight, and time expressed in a given unit to other units in the same measurement system.

Name Q Measure Ruth300Q Sue340Q Janet350Q Heather400Q Kate450Q Lisa490Q Eduardo600Q Shelby650Q Todd670Q Emily680Q Harold700Q Dee700Q Kathy750Q LaTisha780Q Jose800Q Jack850Q Dan850Q John930Q Tim950Q Robin950Q Jill1000Q Sample Fourth Grade Class Identify Prerequisite Q Taxons

Q Taxons should not be used as a method of deconstructing the WV CSOs. Quantile measures and Q Taxons provide additional information for teachers as they design instruction and intervention.

Monday, August 17 9:00 am Friday, August 21 9:00 am Wednesday, September 2 4:00 pm Thursday, September 3 4:00 pm Upcoming WebEx by Metametrics on Quantiles To register for one of the sessions, please send your address (and all participants attending under your address) to Jason Turner at Include your name, title, , county, phone number and the session date and time you are planning to attend. Jason will reply with directions for you to join the WebEx.

Lou Maynus WVDE, Mathematics Coordinator Lynn Baker WVDE, Math Science Partnership Coordinator Contact Information