IDEA COLLEGE PREP

How do you get?

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH TRAINERS

• Choose weights just above their current level

• Maintain proper form and discipline• Train on a regular schedule• Increase weight as their strength

increasesHow do you get?

MASTER READERS

• Choose texts just above their current level

• Apply proper techniques and strategies

• Read challenging texts regularly• Increase text difficulty as their

reading skill increases

WHY ARE READING NON-FICTION TEXTS IMPORTANT?

• Central to the STAAR and ACT

• Critical for 11th and 12th grade Advanced Placement courses

• Necessary for skipping College Level remediation classes

• Essential to university and workplace success and advancement

HOW DO WE MEASURE READING SKILL?

But what Lexile will I need for my future career?

Lexiles and Jobs

Data: National Adult Literacy Study (1992)

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craftsmanclerk

foreman

secretary

salessupervisor

nurseexecutive

teacheraccountant

scientist

Reader measure (in Lexiles)

WILL YOU BE READY?LEXILE STUDY:

“STUDENT READINESS FOR POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS” GARY WILLIAMSON, PH.D. (2004)

Median Text Measures:• 11th/12th grade (LA/SS textbooks):

1090L• Military (training/field manuals):

1180L• Citizenship (newspapers, voting, jury):

1230L• Workplace (Daggett study materials):

1260L• Postsecondary - first two yrs

(textbooks): 1355L

– GED Test Materials:1060L

– SAT/ACT Test Materials:1180L

HOW WILL WE GET THERE?

STEP 1 – FIND YOUR LEXILE

• Register for Newsela• Log-on, Read and Answer

questions!