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Lexile Home What is a Lexile? Overview Making it Easy for Teachers Collections & Quizzes Testimonials FAQs Buy now Getting Started How does The Lexile Framework® work? The Lexile Framework®; is the only tool that measures text in two critical ways: It's an easy 4-step cycle! Step 1 Students take the Lexile Test and receive a Lexile Level The Lexile test utilises a database of over 1600 multiple-choice questions ranging from lower primary to university level. The questions feature authentic fiction and nonfiction text passages, and no prior knowledge of the text is required. The program steps the questions up or down in difficulty, according to the child's responses. Step 2 Students select and read books within their Lexile range. The Book Expert Database generates a list of suitable books to match each student's Lexile Level and their interests The Book Expert Database combines information about a student's Lexile, age and interests to generate an individualised reading list. Step 3 Students complete motivational quizzes on the computer to check their comprehension After reading, students test their comprehension by taking a computer Quiz. Each quiz consists of ten multiple-choice questions randomly chosen from a bank of thirty. After students complete the Quiz, they receive immediate positive feedback. There are around 2500 active computer Quizzes available at www.mylexile.com.au for books that are likely to be in your library. In addition, you can purchase further Lexile Libraries and Quizzes. Step 4 Approximately 90 days later students take another Lexile test to enable the teacher to monitor reading development. The program then works with the student for the remainder of their primary schooling.

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