The Scholastic Lexile Programme

is an incentive reading

programme for schools

Diane Ormiston

It is designed to encourage

reading mileage –

especially for boys

It matches readers to the

appropriate books

It motivates students to read by

increasing their confidence

It measures students’ reading

comprehension to gauge

the text difficulty of books

It has been tested and trialed over

many years - 15 years, 400,000

students

Getting Started - The Lexile Test

It checks comprehension of a variety

of passages from books

to judge the appropriate level

Students are all registered to the

online site: cost = $4.50

for whole time at school

Students sit a Lexile Test of

20-40 multiple choice questions.

Level of difficulty adjusts according to

whether answers are correct or not

The test provides each student with

an individualised "Lexile Level"

Students choose books within a range

of 50 above and below their level.

Students then select from an

individualised book list matched to

their level and chosen interests.

Students earn points for successful

quizzes and a cumulative record of

words read, to eventually become

millionaires!

After a period of time selected by

each school, the Lexile level is

retested to assess student gains.

Success, matched interests

and mileage promotes

a love of reading