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Lexile - MetaMetrics, Inc.

Grades 0 to 12

Whether or not your school uses the Lexile system to measure reading levels, teachers should become familiar with it. Lexiles are coming your way soon. Already 950 companies use Lexile to measure the reading levels of their materials. Thousands of schools now use Lexile measuring to determine the precise reading level of their students. Explore this website for more information on ‘how’ the measuring is done. On the homepage, click on the Educators’ link. There, you will find a Lexile Analyzer that allows you to cut and paste text into an entry box to determine its Lexile readability level. (You will need to register for the free use of the Analyzer.) Click on the book database to find the Lexile level of your classroom books. The Lexile Calculator lets you figure out the rate of comprehension based upon Lexile scores. Lexile leveling is also available for Spanish text. See El Sistema Lexile link at the bottom for more information.

Registration is free. An email address is required, as is some other information. This site requires Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.

Another helpful resource in understanding Lexile levels is this pdf comparison chart from Harcourt (opens in Acrobat Reader).
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In the Classroom:
If your school reports data to parents using Lexile scoring, then download the white papers to give to them at conferences to explain Lexile scores in ‘parent friendly’ language. Include this link on your classroom web page. If your students know their Lexile level, you will want Lexile levels on your classroom library materials so students can match the right book to their reading level. As an FYI, SOME books listed on Barnes and Noble's online site include Lexile levels in the descriptions (just after age level).

Reading Grade-Level Comparison Chart - Harcourt

Grades 1 to 12

Use this chart to select appropriate reading materials for classes of all levels by synchronizing grade levels, Fountas & Pinnell levels, basal levels, DRP levels, Reading Recovery Levels, DRA levels, and lexile scores. Descriptors also elucidate general reading abilities and are also normed on the chart along with the other kinds of measurements. This is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Print this out (or save it in your favorites) and keep it handy with your reading materials when you are trying to correlate reading level information of varying types.

Style and Diction - Edit Central

Grades 1 to 12

This is a simple, user-friendly, interactive web page for checking writing samples and readability levels. Type, or cut and paste, text into a specified location and watch the analysis begin. The analysis consists of several readability scores such as Flesch reading ease, Automated readability index, Flesch-Kincaid grade level, Coleman-Liau index, Gunning fog index, and SMOG index. The site also provides total counts for the following items: characters, non-space characters, letters/numbers, words, complex words, syllables, sentences, characters per word, syllables per word, and words per sentence.
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In the Classroom:
This site can be helpful in a variety of ways. Primary and secondary classroom teachers can check students’ work or have students check their personal work by placing their own text in the box. Reading specialists, classroom teachers, ESL and ELL teachers, and special education teachers can check readability levels of various books to find the right fit for each student. E-books and on-line literature is easy to check with the cut and paste option! Note: if the text is available as a complete web page, you can also use this tool. Student word processing can also be analyzed using the Grammar tools in Word (tools menu), but these two tools yield slightly different information.

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