What is a Lexile range for star reading?

A Lexile® measure can range from below 200L for emergent readers to above 1600L for advanced readers. Readers who score below 0L receive a BR for Beginning Reader.

What's a good star reading score?

Star Early Literacy scaled scores relate directly to the literacy classifications; they range from 300–900 on the Enterprise Scale and from 200–1100 on the Unified Scale. Emergent Reader Early 300–487 Early 200–682 Early 200–709 Early 200–732 Student is beginning to understand that printed text has meaning.

Is 1450 a good Lexile score?

Lexile measures are represented by a number followed by an “L” (such as “800L”) and range from below 0L for beginning readers to above 1600L. Research shows that 1300L or above is the target Lexile measure for students to be ready for college and career in reading.

What Lexile is Harry Potter?

A book, article or piece of text gets a Lexile text measure when it's analyzed by MetaMetrics®. For example, the first Harry Potter book measures 880L, so its Lexile text measure is 880L. The Lexile Framework measures students and texts on the same developmental scale to seamlessly match readers to targeted texts.

How do I find my Lexile range?

A student receives his or her Lexile measure from one of two ways: taking a school-administered SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) test, which is specifically designed to measure Lexile or reading ability OR by taking a standardized reading test which converts the reader's results to a Lexile measure.

What is a Lexile

What is the difference between reading level and Lexile?

Guided Reading Levels are more complex than Lexile Scores. They measure length of book, layout, plot, repetition, illustrations, vocabulary, characters, setting, content and theme.

What does a 1700 Lexile score mean?

You are likely the most advanced reader in your grade level at the school. I am a year ahead of you and scored 1700+ (the highest you can get), and you should be on track to do the same thing. To put this in perspective, a highly advanced Lexile for a high school senior is around 1450.

What does a 2000 Lexile score mean?

Lexile reader measures are reported from 0L (0 Lexile) to 2000L (2000 Lexile). The Lexile scale is a developmental scale for reporting reading ability, so a higher number means a higher level of reading ability. A Lexile reader measure usually is obtained by having the reader take a test of reading comprehension.

Can your Lexile level go down?

The key is that the student is showing growth. Also, if your student shows a significant drop in their score from the last Lexile they received, they probably had a bad day or weren't giving their best that day. Students don't typically show big drops on this test.

What does a 1500 Lexile score mean?

Higher Lexile reading measures correspond with higher reading comprehension abilities. Measures range from below 0L for beginning readers (e.g. BR75L) to above 1500L for advanced readers. All Lexile reading measures should be rounded to the nearest 5L to avoid over-interpretation of the measures.

How accurate is star reading test?

Decades of research prove the reliability and validity of Star Assessments. Billions of real-world student data points guide the development of Star tests. Hundreds of studies show Star strongly correlates with other achievement tests. Over 50 independent research publications support Star Assessments.

Do star scores matter?

Well, yes and no. It depends on your goals. If your desired outcome is for your child simply to attend college, then your child is on the right track. If, however, you have more ambitious goals for your child, such as an elite college or a UC school, you'll need to give further consideration to the STAR test results.

Does your Lexile score matter?

A Lexile score is a good starting point when determining a book's appropriateness for students, but just because a student's score matches that of a book's does not mean the text is suitable.

Are Lexile levels useful?

A Lexile measure can be interpreted as the level of book that a student can read with 75% comprehension. It is a useful tool for teachers, parents, and students to help gauge where students are reading, where they should be, monitor their progress, and decide on a plan to help them move forward.

What books have the highest Lexile level?

What does my child's Lexile score mean?

Lexile text measures reflect the readability of an individual book based on an analysis of word frequency, sentence length, and text complexity. Lexile reading measures reflect a child's ability to read texts in a certain range of difficulty.

What is the average Lexile score for an adult?

The average 7th grade graduate reads at 800 Lexiles. The average high school gradu- ate reads at 1150 Lexiles. College graduates can reach 1400 Lexiles. For many of us, the last grade of school we successfully complete defines our reading ability for the rest of our lives.

Is a 1600 Lexile good?

Lexile measures range from below 200L for beginning readers and text to above 1600L for advanced readers and text. An important factor for readiness is students' ability to read and understand texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school.

Do all books have a Lexile level?

Some books don't receive Lexile text codes because they are aren't prose. These books might feature poems, plays, songs, recipes and text with non-standard or absent punctuation.