The Lexile® Framework as an Approach for Reading Measurement and Success

The Lexile Framework for Reading is an innovative approach to reading comprehension that can be implemented by educators, parents and readers of all ages. Lexile measures, as components of the Lexile scale, are the result of more than 20 years of ongoing research based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend. By measuring both text difficulty and reader ability on the same scale, readers can be appropriately matched with books that will be both engaging and challenging.

Lexile measures are the most widely adopted reading measures in use today. Tens of thousands of books and tens of millions of newspaper and magazine articles have Lexile measures – more than 450 publishers Lexile their titles. In addition, all major standardized reading tests and many popular instructional reading programs can report student reading scores in Lexile measures. Implementation of the Lexile Framework has led to reading success and improved reading enjoyment at all levels of proficiency…