Lexiles Demystify the Reading Standards

The Common Core State Standards for Reading (2010) propose that the difficulty of reading material at all grade-levels in US schools should be raised in order that graduating students should attain "College and Career Readiness" (CCR) reading skills. A simple plot (based on Smith, 2011) shows the Lexile standard required for Workplace reading proficiency (green line), the reading levels of current classroom texts (between the bluer lines) and the proposed levels (between the redder lines). Notice that the biggest advance is in the lower grades. Children must be able to read early and well.

References:

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Washington, DC: Author.

Smith, Malbert III (2011) Bridging the Readiness Gap: Demystifying Required Reading Levels for Postsecondary Pursuits. MetaMetrics® Policy Brief https://lexile.com/about-lexile/Policy-Briefs/bridging-readiness-gap-demystifying-required-reading-levels-post/

Lexiles Demystify the Reading Standards, M. Smith III ... Rasch Measurement Transactions, 2011, 251:2, 1325

Rasch Publications
Rasch Measurement Transactions (free, online)	Rasch Measurement research papers (free, online)	Probabilistic Models for Some Intelligence and Attainment Tests, Georg Rasch	Applying the Rasch Model 3rd. Ed., Bond & Fox	Best Test Design, Wright & Stone
Rating Scale Analysis, Wright & Masters	Introduction to Rasch Measurement, E. Smith & R. Smith	Introduction to Many-Facet Rasch Measurement, Thomas Eckes	Invariant Measurement: Using Rasch Models in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, George Engelhard, Jr.	Statistical Analyses for Language Testers, Rita Green
Rasch Models: Foundations, Recent Developments, and Applications, Fischer & Molenaar	Journal of Applied Measurement	Rasch models for measurement, David Andrich	Constructing Measures, Mark Wilson	Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences, Boone, Stave, Yale
in Spanish:	Análisis de Rasch para todos, Agustín Tristán		Mediciones, Posicionamientos y Diagnósticos Competitivos, Juan Ramón Oreja Rodríguez

Forum

Rasch Measurement Forum to discuss any Rasch-related topic

Go to Top of Page
Go to index of all Rasch Measurement Transactions
AERA members: Join the Rasch Measurement SIG and receive the printed version of RMT
Some back issues of RMT are available as bound volumes
Subscribe to Journal of Applied Measurement

Go to Institute for Objective Measurement Home Page. The Rasch Measurement SIG (AERA) thanks the Institute for Objective Measurement for inviting the publication of Rasch Measurement Transactions on the Institute's website, www.rasch.org.

The URL of this page is www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt252c.htm

Website: www.rasch.org/rmt/contents.htm