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Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Quantitative
The Common Core State Standards Initiative places a strong emphasis on the role of text complexity in evaluating student readiness for college and careers. To follow are the Common Core Standards' three equally important components of text complexity, along with how Lexile® measures can support them. The good news is that Baltimore County Public Schools has excellent digital and library resources to support the identification of text Lexile Level for all students. See the conversion tool that show other quantitative measnures and the corresponding Lexile level.
Qualitativedimensions of text complexity, such as levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands.Lexile codes provide more information about a book's characteristics, such as its developmental appropriateness, reading difficulty, and common or intended usage.
Quantitative measures of text complexity, such as word frequency and sentence length, which are typically measured by computer software. The Lexile Analyzer measures text demand based on these two widely adopted variables.
Digging Deeper - What is Lexile? How does it work? (videos)
Below are resources to expand understanding of Lexile measurement system, reading complexity stance by Common Core, and how to locate Lexile measurement from the BCPS licensed digital content.
BCPS Digital Content and Library Resources to Support the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects - Finding Readability Levels
BCPS Digital Content and Library Resources to Support the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects - Finding Readability Levels
ABOUT | As of January 23, 2012, Lexile is not provided; however, the LRC Product Manager will address our request in the upcoming revisions. Use the Lexile Analyzer to find the Lexile measure.
MasterFILE - Handout showing how Lexile measurement is located in search results | ABOUT
The Bee takes advantage of high quality audio pronunciations of tens of thousands of words, especially created for the Visual Thesaurus. Each round, a player hears the recording of the word and see its definition. As the player continues to spell, the quiz narrows in on his or her score, on a scale from 200 to 800. If you're a 200-level speller, you'll get quizzed on the easiest words, but 800-level spellers should be prepared for a fiendish challenge. Read more about it. Example:Spelling Bee word list created for this professional development.
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. Your students willunderstand language in a powerful new way. Read more about how it works.
Copy and paste text from any digital resource into VocabGrabber to use a hyperlinked word meaning of EVERY word and words listed by Common Core Level 1, 2, and 3 words. Also, make interactive vocabulary lists for your students for any text that students are to read!
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Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Qualitative
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