The Lexile Framework for Writing

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The Lexile Framework for Writing is an innovative tool for monitoring student growth in writing ability and for differentiating writing instruction. The writing framework is the only developmental scale available for monitoring student growth in writing ability over time and across the curriculum.

The Lexile Framework for Writing measures student writing ability on the same Lexile scale as reading ability, providing educators with a consistent and straightforward method to monitor student performance in both reading and writing and reinforcing the importance of reading in the development of writing skills.

A Lexile writer measure is an estimate of a student’s ability to express language in writing based on factors related to semantic complexity (the level of words used) and syntactic sophistication (how the words are combined into sentences). A student’s Lexile writer measure typically is lower than his or her Lexile reader measure, as students tend to comprehend text at a higher Lexile level than they can produce written text.

Like Lexile reader measures, students receive Lexile writer measures from standardized tests and other assessment tools designed to monitor writing progress within and across school years. Educators use these measures to differentiate writing instruction by providing each student with targeted activities that can promote the acquisition of specific skills necessary for successful writing.

The more students write, the better writers they become. With The Lexile Framework for Writing, educators have a powerful tool for monitoring the development of students’ writing skills and providing them with targeted writing instruction to help ensure their success inside and outside of the classroom.

Features of The Lexile Framework for Writing:

• A rigorous psychometric scale representing the developing writer from beginning writer to college and workplace writing
• Measures of writer ability in the same metric as reader ability—Lexile
• Monitor growth of writer ability within and across years, especially important in years when state writing tests are not administered
• Separates the assessment of writer ability from convention ability and device fluency
• Facilitates differentiated writing instruction
• No training of automatic essay scoring engine is needed
• Provides a developmental scale to supplement analytical and holistic rubric scoring systems
• Writer measure is based on the same amount of available time to write as the NAEP, ACT and SAT writing tests

Download The Lexile Framework for Writing Overview (PDF)
Download The MyWritingWeb Overview (PDF)
Download the "Next-Generation Assessments" White Paper (PDF)

For more information on The Lexile Framework for Writing and MyWritingWeb, call 1-888-539-4537 x3412 or email profdev@lexile.com.