Blackburn, Barbara R (2000).  "Best Practices for Using Lexiles."  Popular Measurement, 3(1), 22-24.

    Describes the Lexile Framework(R), a tool for looking at reader ability relative to the difficulty of a text. It allows a parent, student, teacher, or media coordinator to understand the performance of a reader. Presents examples of current best practices in using lexiles.

Glick, Andrea and  Olson, Renee (1998).   "Company Touts System to Match Students and Books." School Library

                                           Journal 44(9), 94.

    Introduces the Lexile Framework, a computer system that measures students' reading levels and the difficulty of books from MetaMeterics company in North Carolina. Functions; Features; How the system works.

Kleiber, Larry (2002).  "Testing for Text: How to Use Assessment Data to Select Student Reading Materials." 

                         Multimedia Schools, 9(3), 26-9.

    The writer describes how one middle school located in rural Colorado adopted the Lexile Framework coupled with the North-west Evaluation Association tests in an effort to select appropriate reading materials for students.

Krashen, Stephen (2001).   "The Lexile Framework: Unnecessary and Potentially Harmful"  CSLA (California

                             School Library Association) Journal 24(2), 25-26.

                                                        http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/lexile_framework/all.html

Reid, Calvin (1998). "Lexile: Will All Books Need this Reading-Level Rating?"  Publishers Weekly, 245(32),

                     240-241.

    Discusses the Lexile Framework for Reading, a technology and instructional method designed to measure and improve reading comprehension. Development of Lexile by MetaMetrics Inc.; How the Lexile Framework works as a software program that analyzes text; The Lexile rating as a global standard for literacy in English and other languages; Lexile publishing partners, including Scholastic and Harcourt brace Educational Measurement; Skepticism from reading professionals and the publishing industry.

Sanford, Ellie (2000).  "A Spanish Version of The Lexile Framework for Reading."  Popular Measurement, 3(1),

                         25-26.

    Describes the development of a Spanish version of the Lexile Framework(R) and a Spanish readability equation. Discusses some differences between Spanish and English and how these differences affect the development of the Lexile measures.

Smith, Rick R (2000).  "How the Lexile Framework Operates."  Popular Measurement, 3(1), 18-19.

    Describes the Lexile Framework(R), which enables teachers to develop personalized instruction based on Lexile measures of reading ability and Lexiled reading lists. The Lexile Framework is based on the entire book, with individual reading ability measured by tests that measure on the same scale on which the books are measured. As an open standard, the Lexile Framework can be linked to any test.

Smith, Rick R (2000).  "The Lexile Community: From Science to Practice."  Popular Measurement, 3(1), 20-21.

    Describes uses of the Lexile Framework(R) in actual practice in Florida, Georgia, California, and North Carolina. As it connects reading comprehension tests, books, magazines, and newspapers to a common scale of measurement, the Lexile Framework can be used to form a community working for better reading.

Wright, Benjamin D and Stenner, A. Jackson (2000).  "Lexile Perspectives." Popular Measurement, 3(1), 16-17.

    Discusses the use of the Lexile Framework(R) in several areas. Lexiles have been established for various job groups, and they may serve as an indication of reading ability for a given job. The uses of lexiles in school and in reading education are discussed, as is the achievement of Lexile reading abilities as indicators of probable income.

Wright, Benjamin D and Stenner, A. Jackson (1999).  "Using Lexiles."  Popular Measurement, 2(1), 41-42.

    Discusses the use of "Lexile" units in test construction.

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