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 |
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Lavender |
300 - 399 |
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Blue |
400 - 499 |
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Blue |
500 - 599 |
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Green |
600 - 699 |
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Green |
700 - 799 |
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Pink |
800 - 899 |
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Red |
900 - 999 |
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Red |
1000 - 1099 |
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Copper (Gold) |
1100 - + |
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Copper (Gold) |