lexile
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The Scholastic Lexile Programme
is an incentive reading
programme for schools
Diane Ormiston
It is designed to encourage
reading mileage –
especially for boys
It matches readers to the
appropriate books
It motivates students to read by
increasing their confidence
It measures students’ reading
comprehension to gauge
the text difficulty of books
It has been tested and trialed over
many years - 15 years, 400,000
students
Getting Started - The Lexile Test
It checks comprehension of a variety
of passages from books
to judge the appropriate level
Students are all registered to the
online site: cost = $4.50
for whole time at school
Students sit a Lexile Test of
20-40 multiple choice questions.
Level of difficulty adjusts according to
whether answers are correct or not
The test provides each student with
an individualised "Lexile Level"
Students choose books within a range
of 50 above and below their level.
Students then select from an
individualised book list matched to
their level and chosen interests.
Students earn points for successful
quizzes and a cumulative record of
words read, to eventually become
millionaires!
After a period of time selected by
each school, the Lexile level is
retested to assess student gains.
Success, matched interests
and mileage promotes
a love of reading