Lexile Information

What is a Lexile measure?

A Lexile measure is a standard score that matches a student’s reading ability with difficulty of text material. A Lexile measure can be interpreted as the level of book that a student can read with 75% comprehension. Experts have identified a 75% comprehension level as offering the reader a certain amount of comfort and yet still offering a challenge. The Lexile® map shows Lexile measures ranging between approximately 200L and 1700L. However, some reading materials and readers do have Lexile measures below 200L and may have a code of BR* for beginning reader.

Lexiles Measures & State Content Standards

Georgia’s rigorous content standards promote that students should be ready for college or career upon exiting high school. The most important factor for readiness is a student’s ability to read and understand texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school.

Georgia’s content standards focus both on text complexity of what students read and how well students read and comprehend. The Lexile bands in the table below help teachers and parents determine what text is appropriate for each grade band and what should be text that will stretch the students and help them gain in literacy skills.

Lexile Targets have changed! Georgia's new targets are as follows:

3rd - 670L

4th - 840L

5th - 920L