LEXILE ANALYZER
The Lexile Analyzer® allows users to input a piece of text into the system, and an algorithm analyzes the content to produce an estimated Lexile level. Sign in for free at lexile.com/analyzer to analyze text of up to 1000 words, or upgrade to Professional Access to analyze longer pieces of text.
The analyzers provide an estimated Lexile measure, average sentence length, word count, and word count frequency. Pair the estimated Lexile result with our Lexile Conversion chart (download below) that provides estimated alignments between Lexile®Level, Fountas and PinnellTM Guided Reading Level, and Grade Level to help you understand the expectations for your students given a certain passage.
CONSIDER THIS SCENARIO
Your 3rd grade students are preparing to take the Texas End of year standardized test- the STAAR- for the first time. You have used books appropriate to their grade level and students are meeting your in- class expectations by correctly demonstrating comprehension of text details. You provide your students with a released STAAR test to complete a benchmark assessment of their progress, and to give them additional practice answering questions related to the reading passages. You notice your students are performing more poorly on the STAAR test than they did in class. What could have happened?
Use the Lexile Analyzer to copy excerpts of reading passages provided by the released TSAAR tests.
- You can find all released tests on the TEA website here: http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/STAAR_Released_Test_Questions/
- Analyze the released STAAR passages and estimate Lexile level and equivalent grade level. Is it aligned with your students? Or, are the levels above grade level?
Here’s a tip: Open notepad on your computer, and first paste text into notepad before again copying and pasting the notepad text into the Lexile Analyzer. This will strip the text of any formatting it may have, which is critical to ensure that it does not interfere with the text analysis algorithms.