Someone please explain "lexile" scores to me.

[punkin]

DD11 came home from school with a lexile score and no explanation about what it means. I looked it up and it looks pretty high, but I remember when I was a child and we took achievement tests and they always sent home notes saying that the scores don't really mean anything. Is this the same kind of thing?

 

[Iott Family]

I totally understand! Our school corp uses lexile to measure our childrens' reading abilities, too....

http://www.lexile.com/

This site will help you to understand better about lexile scoring and the levels/numbers your child come home with. It can also help you find appropriate reading materials geared towrds your childs ability and you can print off reading/book lists to take to the library/book store.

HTH!

 

[punkin]

Thanks. I looked up that website and I am still confused.

What does it mean? DD basically chooses her own books based on likes and dislikes. How is this number supposed to help?

 

[Sinderelli]

We use Accelerated Reader at our school, but this sounds similar. It will help your child because he/she can read for pleasure with books that are on the correct reading level, i.e. not too easy or difficult. Books are assigned a number and your child should choose books within a "range" (I think that website suggested 50 points above or below).
It's not so much a "grade" (such as did your child score higher than others or not) but rather a range for choosing books that are able to be read and comprehended while still presenting challenges.