What are Lexiles?
Lexile levels are a measure of text difficulty. The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading comprehension and text measurement that matches a reader’s ability to a book’s difficulty. The Lexile levels can range from 0 for beginning readers to above 1500L for advanced readers. Lexile measures are the most widely adopted reading measures in use today.
What is Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)?
SRI is a computer reading assessment for Grades 2–6 that measures students’ level of reading comprehension. The students take the SRI test 3 times a year; beginning, middle and end. After the completion of each test the students will receive a Lexile level.
Find books that are at your child's Lexile level at http://www.lexile.com
Check the Lexile level of the book your child is reading.
Are you wondering what your child's Lexile score means?
Grade 1 |
100-400 |
Grade 2 |
300-600 |
Grade 3 |
500-800 |
Grade 4 |
600-900 |
Grade 5 |
700-1000 |
Grade 6 |
800-1050 |
Colors of Lexile Levels Used at Fletcher
0 - 299 |
or |
Lavender |
300 - 399 |
Blue |
|
400 - 499 |
Blue |
|
500 - 599 |
Green |
|
600 - 699 |
Green |
|
700 - 799 |
or |
Pink |
800 - 899 |
Red |
|
900 - 999 |
Red |
|
1000 - 1099 |
Copper (Gold) |
|
1100 - + |
Copper (Gold) |