Look up Lexile level of book

Q: Is 1500 a good Lexile score?

Lexile measures are represented by a number followed by an L” (such as 800L”) and range from below 0L for beginning readers to above 1600L. Research shows that 1300L or above is the target Lexile measure for students to be ready for college and career in reading.

If you want to know whether a specific book is within a student’s Lexile range, you can use our Quick Search feature located on our Lexile® Find a Book tool. All you need is a book’s author, title or ISBN number to find the Lexile text measure of that book.

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Find Books That Match Your Child’s Measure
More Tips for Using Find a Book
Choosing Books Above or Below Your Child’s Lexile Range
If Your Child Doesn’t Have a Lexile Reading Measure
Is it Age-Appropriate? Lexile Codes
How do I find the Lexile level of a book?
How do I find the Lexile level of a website?
Is 1700 a good Lexile score?
Is 1500 a good Lexile score?

You can also use Find a Book to search for books based on text features. You can search for books based on Lexile codes, which provide information on the book’s intended usage, or find books that are easy to decode or have a lot of patterning to help beginning readers.

If you want to know whether a specific book is within your child’s Lexile range, you can use our Lexile® Find a Book tool. Located near the top of our book search tool, you can quickly find a book’s Lexile measure by entering a book’s title, author or ISBN.

Find Books That Match Your Child’s Measure

Using Lexile® Find a Book, you can easily find books that match your child’s Lexile measure, grade level or interests among the hundreds of thousands of books in this browser tool. Search filters include dozens of interest categories, books in a series and award-winning books. If you want to know whether a specific book is within a student’s Lexile range, you can use their Quick Search feature located on our Lexile® Find a Book tool. All you need is a book’s author, title or ISBN number to find the Lexile text measure of that book.

More Tips for Using Find a Book

Choosing Books Above or Below Your Child’s Lexile Range

For the most part, it’s best to choose books within your child’s Lexile range. Your child will comprehend them better without getting frustrated. However, there are times when you might want to choose books below or above a student’s Lexile reading measure.

Materials with a higher Lexile text measure can be a good challenge for advanced and enthusiastic readers. A hard but interesting book can open the door to other books on the same subject.
Materials with a lower Lexile text measure often helps struggling and reluctant readers to build confidence and skills with less challenging books on their topics of choice.

If Your Child Doesn’t Have a Lexile Reading Measure

You can still find books and build reading lists without a Lexile reading measure. Find a Book can estimate a starting Lexile range based on your child’s grade and comfort with the reading materials at that grade level. Then, based on the book search results, you can further refine the Lexile range to select books that best support successful reading.

Is it Age-Appropriate? Lexile Codes

Lexile measures are a quantitative measure for text complexity. They don’t address whether the book is appropriate for your child’s age. Some books also have a two-letter designation that appears before a Lexile measure called a Lexile Code. This code (for example, AD580L) provides more information about the book’s developmental appropriateness, reading difficulty and common or intended usage.

by Tina December 18, 2018

Sometimes a teacher will tell a student to read books at a certain Lexile level. What is Lexile? With Lexile, the reading level of a book is assigned a number to help you see where it is in the range of difficulty. According to www.lexile.com, "Lexile measures help you find reading materials at your child's unique reading level. With Lexile measures, you can engage your child in learning by ensuring they comprehend their reading materials, as well as monitor their progress over time." Using Lexile measures of books will help you move up that range more accurately as your reading skills improve. But how do you find books at your child's Lexile level? The library catalog can help!

When you go to the catalog to search for books, you can limit the results by their Lexile levels. Say you want to find stories about unicorns. Searching for 'unicorns' will get you hundreds of results. But you can limit the results to just the books in your child's Lexile level by using the search limiters on the left side of the page. You can use these limiters to limit the results to only fiction, or only books, or only your library by clicking the box next to those terms in the list of limiters. If you scroll to the bottom of the list of limiters, you'll find the section for "Reading Level". Click on the little arrow next to that, and a list of Lexile ranges will pop up. Now you can select the range you want, and your search results will be limited to items within your desired reading level. Just like that!

If you have a particular title in mind and you are wondering what it's Lexile measure is, go to www.lexile.com and select the section for Parents & Students. Then click on "Find Books at the Right Level" and choose "Look Up a Book's Measure" from the resulting menu to search for its Lexile level.

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How do I find the Lexile level of a book?

If you want to know whether a specific book is within your child's Lexile range, you can use our Lexile^® Find a Book tool. Located near the top of our book search tool, you can quickly find a book's Lexile measure by entering a book's title, author or ISBN.

How do I find the Lexile level of a website?

The Lexile Analyzer Tool, available on the MetaMetrics Lexile website, helps you to determine the Lexile level of a non-Lexiled text. Simply copy and paste or upload a text selection. The Analyzer uses an algorithm to determine text complexity and assigns a Lexile measure.

Is 1700 a good Lexile score?

Higher Lexile measures represent a higher level of reading ability. A Lexile reader measure can range from below 200L for beginning readers to above 1700L for advanced readers. Readers who score at or below 0L receive a BR for Beginning Reader.

Is 1500 a good Lexile score?

Lexile measures are represented by a number followed by an “L” (such as “800L”) and range from below 0L for beginning readers to above 1600L. Research shows that 1300L or above is the target Lexile measure for students to be ready for college and career in reading.