Lexiles and Reading counts

[Val Metropoulos <valm@CORVALLIS.K12.MT.US>]

I would appreciate information from anyone who has experience using the
Reading Counts program and matching students to books at their ability
level. In our middle school we have used the program for several years but
have not been happy with the things we have tried to match readers with
books at their ability level.  Teachers are not comfortable putting reading
level on the book and the R.C. point system is not readily useful.  I have
emailed Reading Counts who say that they are making some changes due out in
August but I am not sure that those changes are going to address this
problem.  I have also accessed the R.C. website and the Lexile website which
is informative but not in regard to the R.C. program. Thanks for any
information or sources I can search for further info.

Val Metropoulos
Corvallis Middle School
Corvallis, MT
valm@corvallis.k12.mt.us

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