WMSTechPDSept2010

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Lexile Information
Your students have been taking the Lexile this week and you're probably wondering what their scores mean. According to the Lexile Web site ([]) "A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about either an individual's reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile." Click on the links below to find grade levels converted from Lexile scores, to help find books that matches your students' Lexile levels, analyze a piece of text to determine its Lexile level and more information:
 * [|Find a Book that Matches Your Lexile Level] - Go to this site to find books that match your students' Lexile levels
 * [|Lexile Analyzer] - Go to this site to use Lexile's online tools to determine the estimated Lexile® measure of "edited, conventional prose text".
 * [|Lexile Grade Level Conversion Chart] - Go to this site to see an approximate grade level conversion for a Lexile level.
 * [|Lexile Map - English] - Click on this link to see a map with examples of popular books and sample text in English at various points on the Lexile scale, from 200L up to 1700L.
 * [|Lexile Spanish Map] - Click on this link to see a map with examples of popular books and sample text in Spanish at various points on the Lexile scale, from 200L up to 1700L.