Lexile® and Quantile® Measures
The Lexile® Framework for Reading and Quantile® Framework for Mathematics have been linked to the CAASPP Smarter Balanced English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics assessments. Students who complete these assessments will receive Lexile and Quantile measures on their Student Score Report.
Lexile® measures indicate students' reading abilities and Quantile® measures indicate students' readiness for instruction in mathematics. The Lexile & Quantile Hub contains tools and resources that tie Lexile and Quantile measures directly to learning and instructional resources.
Common Links
Lexile & Quantile Hub (Test Operations Management System [TOMS] Single-Sign On [SSO] Access)
Lexile & Quantile Hub (School-Affiliated Email Access)
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Lexile & Quantile Hub (TOMS SSO Access) | Educators with a TOMS account can use their SSO credentials to access the Lexile & Quantile Hub with premium resources. |
Lexile & Quantile Hub (School-Affiliated Email Access) | Educators that do not have SSO credentials can register with an affiliated local educational agency (LEA) email address to access the premium resources. |
Resources
Introducing Lexile and Quantile Measures provides an overview of Lexile and Quantile measures and an introduction to the Lexile & Quantile Hub. This document is intended for LEAs to use to maintain consistent messaging about Lexile and Quantile measures and available resources.
Understanding the Lexile Framework for Reading
There are two kinds of Lexile measures: Lexile text measures and Lexile reader measures. Lexile text measures are assigned to a book or text material to describe how challenging a text is to comprehend. Lexile reader measures are based on a student’s Smarter Balanced for ELA score and indicate the level of difficulty of materials that a particular student can read and understand. With the help of Lexile measures, parents/guardians and educators can find reading materials at the appropriate difficulty level for students and monitor their growth in reading over time.
Lexile measures are expressed as numbers followed by an “L” (for example, 850L) and range from below 0L for beginning readers and text to above 1600L for advanced readers and text. Comparing a student’s Lexile measure with the Lexile measure of what they are reading helps gauge the “fit” between a student’s ability and the difficulty of the content. Therefore, connecting students with books in their Lexile range—100L below to 50L above their reported Lexile measure—provides an ideal level of reading challenge.
Parents/Guardians can refer to the MetaMetrics Lexile Parent Guide and MetaMetrics For Families web page for additional information about Lexile measures.
Understanding the Quantile Framework for Mathematics
There are two types of Quantile measures: a measure for students and a measure for mathematical skills and concepts. The student measure is based on a student’s Smarter Balanced for Mathematics score and describes a student’s mathematical ability; specifically, it describes the mathematics skills the student likely already understands and what the student is ready to learn in the future. The skill measure describes the difficulty or demand in learning the skill. With the help of Quantile measures, parents/guardians and educators can identify the mathematical skills needed to support students’ learning and monitor their growth in mathematics over time.
Quantile measures are expressed as numbers followed by a “Q” (for example, 850Q) and range from emerging mathematician (below 0Q) to above 1600Q. The Quantile Framework spans the developmental continuum from the content typically taught in kindergarten to algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, and precalculus.
Parents/Guardians can refer to the MetaMetrics Quantile Parent Guide and For Families web page for additional information about Quantile measures.
Available Lexile & Quantile Tools
Looking for short videos on how to access and utilize the Lexile & Quantile Hub tools? Check out the Utilizing Lexile & Quantile Measures Video Library. Additional videos will be coming soon!
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Lexile® Find a Book |
Search among over half a million books using the Find a Book tool so you can
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Lexile® Find a Decodable Book |
Search and sort decodable books so you can
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Quantile® Math Skills Database |
View mathematics skills and concepts associated with California's standards so you can
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Lexile Text Analyzer® |
Paste or type in text of 500 words or less to discover
Challenging words are highlighted in the text along with their definitions, parts of speech, and example sentences. Users can toggle to Spanish to paste or type text in Spanish and get a Lexile range. |
Lexile® & Quantile® Career Database |
Identify the Lexile level or Quantile level associated with the entry-level reading or mathematics demands of a particular career. 30 searches per month (premium registered users) |
Lexile® Growth Planner and Quantile® Growth Planner |
Chart a student's reading and mathematics growth across different annual state assessments and forecast future growth. With the Growth Planners, you can
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Lexile® Find a Decodable Passage |
Access more than 100 online printable passages that students can read to practice specific phonics skills.
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Lexile® Grade Level Charts and Quantile® Grade Level Charts |
Note how a large sample of students in grades one through twelve who were administered assessments that reported Lexile or Quantile measures performed based on 2010–16 research.
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Lexile® WordLists |
Access downloadable lists of important words by grade and domain that students are likely to encounter in textbooks and other kindergarten through grade twelve educational materials.
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Quantile® Math Resources |
Access thousands of mathematics resources, including lesson plans, activities, videos, games, and more.
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Lexile® Measures Manager and Quantile® Measures Manager |
Determine a student's optimal reading or mathematics measure when two assessments, taken within 30 days of each other, have resulted in significantly differing Lexile or Quantile measures. |
Additional Information
View a complete listing of the assessments and products that report Lexile and Quantile measures.
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