I have worked in several districts that all have used NWEA Measures of Academic Progress. If you are not familiar with this assessment you should look into it. We give it to our students 3 times a year and it provides lots of data to drive your instruction including lexile numbers.
Sent from my iPad On Jul 17, 2013, at 8:19 AM, bummyb...@aol.com wrote: > Our district found the SRI not to be reliable for lexile scores. We used it > for 2 years and we said do not waste our money or time. We are now doing > what you suggested and using books that we are confident of the lexile level. > > > Shannon Bumgarner > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Palmer, Jennifer <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 8:04 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Lexile Measure > > > The SRI costs money--but is the most reliable way to get a lexile.The > cheapest > thing to do is to test books you know the lexile of on children. Ask them to > read a passage from several books of differing lexiles... Do an informal > comprehension check and you are good to go. Less reliable but likely more > valid > to inform classroom instruction... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:17 PM, "evelia cadet" <cadeteve...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Are there any free assessments out there that I could use to determine the > Lexile reading level of my students? Thank you. >> >> Evelia >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
