What does a Lexile measure tell me about what a child can read?
Lexile measures allow you to manage a child’s reading comprehension. When reader and text measures match, the reader is “targeted.” This is the basis for selecting text that is personalised for a child’s reading ability, and the result is an expected 75-percent comprehension rate-not too difficult to be frustrating, but difficult enough to encourage reading progress. The child’s interests, parental views on what constitutes age-appropriate material, and teacher’s instructional aims are also vital issues in managing a reader’s growth. Targeted readers report competence, confidence and control over the text. When a text measure is greater than a reader’s measure, comprehension drops dramatically and the subjective experience is one of frustration, inadequacy and lack of control. Conversely, when a reader’s measure exceeds a text measure, comprehension goes up dramatically and the reader experiences total control. It is important to remember that a child’s Lexile measure is not a measure
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