| Title: | How Prepared are Subgroups of Texas Students for College-Level Reading? Applying a LexileŽ-Based Approach |
| Description: | Many students graduate from high school unprepared for the rigorous reading required in entry-level college and career work. This brief builds on a recent report (Wilkins et al. 2010) that used the Lexile measure (a method for measuring the reading difficulty of prose text and the reading capability of individuals) to estimate the proportion of Texas grade 11 public school students in 2009 ready for entry-level college reading in English. The previous study examined the overall grade 11 Texas student population; this brief uses the same methodol-ogy to present similar readiness estimates for student subgroups as defined by 10 character-istics that Texas uses for its state accountability system. An ExcelŽ tool was created to enable school administrators to more easily compare the preparation of grade 11 students to read entry-level English textbooks from University of Texas (UT) system schools with that of stu-dents overall or selected subgroups of students statewide. |
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| Cover Date: | January 2012 |
| Web Release: | January 31, 2012 |
| Publication #: | REL 2012018 |
| Center/Program: | REL |
| Associated Centers: | NCEE |
| Authors: | Chuck Wilkins, Ph.D.; Eric Rolfhus, Ph.D.;Jenifer Hartman, Ed.D.; Sarah Brasiel, Ph.D.; Jessica Brite, M.S.; Noelle Howland, M.A.: Edvance Research |
| Type of Product: | Technical Brief |
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For questions about the content of this Technical Brief, please contact: Erin Pollard. |