As a parent, I want to understand how Lexile® measures on the Texas Assessment website help in selecting appropriate books for my child's reading level and how they can be used to create effective summer reading lists. Explain these two aspects.
Navigate to the Texas Assessment website. Click on the 'Assessment Programs' dropdown. Click on the 'STAAR' link. Scroll down the page to locate and click the 'Literacy and Lexile® Measures' link. Locate the section titled 'Helps You Make the Best Reading Choices'. Locate the section titled 'Helps To Create Summer Reading Lists'. Synthesize information from both sections to explain how Lexile® measures assist in making reading choices and creating summer reading lists.
Explain that Lexile® measures help match books to a student's reading ability by comparing the Lexile® text measure of a book with the Lexile® reader measure of a student. State that this matching helps find books that are 'not too easy, not too hard, but just right'. Explain that Lexile® measures can be used to promote summer reading by guiding children to books that will not bore them (too easy) or frustrate them (too difficult).