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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Lexile Search, ZPD & Accelerated Reader


Lexile Searching in the Catalog

As a reminder, you can search the catalog for books of a certain lexile rank. There are two methods for conducting this search:
1. Use the phrase search method, by enclosing the search terms within quotation marks ("550 lexile").
2. Search the note field, by using the indicator "n:" (n:550 AND n:lexile). This method is somewhat less precise but does, in some cases, offer a wider range of results.

The only method for locating multiple lexile ranks is by stringing together multiple phrase or note searches using the "OR" search term. The equivalent grade to a given lexile score can be found by using the website:
http://www.lexile.com/fab
 
 
Accelerated Reader
The ZPD reading score or level is related to the Accelerated Reader (AR) Program from Renaissance Learning.
 
Currently in HISD we use Lexile levels to approximate and monitor a student’s reading level. However there are several schools in HISD that are strong users of AR. Each school in HISD is allowed to choose the reading programs that they want to use, so you might see more of these requests for books based on the ZPD range.
 
Below is a simple pdf conversion chart for ZPD and Lexile levels.
 

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