What does your eighth grade child's lexile mean?

Answer 1

A young person's Lexile measure is his or her reading level. A book's Lexile measure is its difficulty level. So you can match readers to books really well with Lexile. You can also estimate how well a specific person will read a particular book, and know if maybe they might need some support from a parent or teacher.

A person's measure is a single number with an L after it, like 800L. That person's optimal reading range is from 100L below to 50L above the measure. So an 800L reader's sweet spot is books between 700L and 850L.

But of course you can read books below that range (they'll be easier) and above that range (they'll offer more of a challenge).

So 8th graders usually read between 805L and 1100L. This range is taken from actual test scores from actual students around the country. Also know that a quarter of the 8th-grade scores were below 805L and a quarter were above 1100L -- this is just a kind of average range.

The books that are usually used in 8th-grade classrooms range between 1000L and 1100L.

Answer 2

A child's Lexile measure indicates their reading ability and the complexity of the texts they can comprehend. It is a numerical value that matches their reading level to books and other reading materials. A higher Lexile measure indicates a higher reading ability and allows for more complex texts, while a lower measure suggests a lower reading ability and less complex texts.