A Lexile® measure represents a student's reading ability:
- The Lexile® measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it: 750L is 750 Lexile®.
- Higher Lexile® measures indicate higher levels of reading ability. A Lexile® measure can range from below 200L for emergent readers to above 1600L for advanced readers.
- Scores below 0L are prefixed with "BR" for Beginning Reader. For these scores, the higher the number is, the lower the actual score is: for example, a score of BR200L is lower than BR100L (as shown on the right).
Lexile® measures are "capped" for some years to ensure that they are not too high (for students with high test scores) and to make sure that these students are getting recommended appropriate instructional activities and books.
| Year | Star Early Literacy Cap | Star Reading Cap |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BR25L | 850L |
| 2 | 95L | 900L |
| 3 | 565L | 1100L |
| 4 | 885L | 1200L |
| 5 | n/a | 1300L |
| 6 | n/a | 1400L |
| 7 | n/a | 1500L |
| 8 | n/a | 1600L |
| 9 | n/a | 1700L |
| 10 | n/a | 1725L |
| 11 | n/a | 1750L |
| 12 | n/a | 1800L |
| 13 | n/a | 1825L |
The figures in the table above are upper caps. Lexile® measures also have lower caps that apply to all grades: Star Early Literacy's lower cap is BR1300L, Star Reading's lower cap is BR400L.
Depending on the setting of the Lexile® range Preference, Students’ Lexile® measures (for Star Early Literacy and Star Reading Enterprise assessments in years 1–13) can be found on the following reports:
- Historical Extract
- Instructional Planning - Class Report
- Instructional Planning - Student Report
- KS2 SATs Performance - Student Report
- Star Annual Progress Report
- Star Diagnostic Report
- Star Growth Report
- Star Performance - Class Report
- Star Record Book
- Star Screening Report
- Star Student Progress Monitoring Report
- Star Summary Report
- Star Test Record Report
Lexile® measures are only shown on reports when the Lexile® scale is the chosen scale. The Lexile® scale will not be a selectable scale option when a report is being run for Star Maths.
In some cases, a student’s Scaled Score may correspond to only a single value in the Lexile® range; in these cases, the “range” shown on the report will be the same number (for example, 1400L–1400L).
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