Reflect on your FAST score and Lexia PowerUp levels

When writing your 2 paragraph reflection, consider and address the following: (Sample Reflection)

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• Report what score you earned on the FAST your Raw/Scaled Score (HIGHLIGHTED in YELLOW) and your Lexile level (HIGHLIGHTED in PINK).
• What is the college and career ready Lexile text range for 8th grade-(look at the chart for the beginning-end of year on slide 3)? If your Lexile level is not in that range, which approximate grade level of is associat8d with your Lexile level for the beginning of the year?
• According to this chart, are you on track to be college and career ready when you graduate from high school based on your current Lexile level?
• What levels are you for Word Study, Grammar, and Comprehension in Lexia’s PowerUp? (You can find this by pressing the “i” trophy in the top right hand corner of your home screen.) Identify for each strand if you are working on foundational, intermediate, or advanced skills.
• Look at your CAASPP data in PowerSchool. How did you score in ELA in 2023
• Does your assessment data “agree”? Why or why not? Do YOU agree with the assessments?
• If you are in a lit circle, explain what book you are reading. Why did you choose that book? What do you find challenging and beneficial to this project.

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• What are your reading goals? Use specific, measurable, realistic, and timely goals. What numbers do you want to see on your Fast/Lexia/CAASPP?
• What are you doing currently to be on track with your reading?
• How can you use Lexia’s PowerUp, after school tutoring, library card, or time with the reading specialist to meet your goals? What are your resources-people, places, programs?
• Do you need to change any habits in order to improve your reading level?
• How can your reading level impact your academic schedule and post-high school plans?
• Research 2-3 books that match your lexile level AND seem interesting to you. (Resource: https://fab.lexile.com/) Why did you choose them?
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Resources to inform your analysis and reflection

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Match your Fall FAST yellow-highlighted score to this chart on the right.

Resources to inform your analysis and reflection

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• College and Career Ready Demands (What level should you be at the beginning of your school year in order to be prepared once you graduate from high school?)

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• Matching Lexile levels to Grade Percentiles Pe (This is your pink-highlighted score.)

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Lexia’s PowerUp Strands:

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Word Study- 14 levels

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Grammar- 7 levels

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Comprehension-16 levels

Click here to access the scope and sequence of each strand of PowerUp. This will show you when different levels of skills should have been taught and learned by grade level.

Foundational: K-2nd grade

Intermediate: 3rd-5th grade

Advanced: 6th-8th grade

Find your individual Lexia levels by clicking on the “i” on your home page. What grade level skills you are working on.

Sample FAST/Lexia Reflection

This September, we have reviewed assessment data for our reading levels. For my FAST test, I received a score of 555, which is considered advanced, and a Lexile level of 1195. The on track range for 8th grade for Fast is 534-550, so I am well above that range. Texts for students striving to be college and career ready by senior year fall between 1010-1145. According to the FAST assessment, I am on track to be college and career-ready, based on my scores. I have an approximate Lexile grade level of an 11th grader. For my Lexia Powerup, my score is level 11 (Intermediate) for Word Study, level 6 (Advanced) for Grammar, and level 15 (Advanced) for Comprehension. For my CAASPP ELA score, I received a 4, Exceeds Standards. From this, I can tell that the data from Lexia Powerup “agrees” with the data from FAST testing. Both Lexia and FAST say I am advanced and will be ready to make choices as a senior in regards to my post-high school plans.

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My goal in reading is to continue to improve so I will score at least a 558 in the winter FAST. I hope to be on level 13 for Word Study, 7 for Grammar, and 16 for Comprehension by the end of the semester. I plan on maintaining my 4 CAASPP score as well. Currently, to be on track with my reading, I am reading whenever I get the chance and am reading chaptered books that have new words and phrases in them. I can use Lexia to meet my goals by regularly completing units and spreading my work over all strands. One habit I can improve is reading more genres of books instead of mostly dramatic fiction. My reading level can impact my academic schedule by making it easier for me to understand complex words and phrases in texts. Two books that match my Lexile level and that seem interesting to me are The Door in the Hedge and The Blue Fairy Book. They look mysterious and captured my interest when I read samples. In conclusion, I am very happy with my score for FAST and Lexia Powerup completion and I am excited to read more books.

Other resources for books:

• You may access the Amplify program in Clever for free digital books. Search the library by genre or Lexile level. Use this video for more directions.

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• If you need another resource to find a good book, try: https://openlibrary.org/

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• Your public library card- Once registered, you have access to ebooks and printed books.

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If you need more ideas for what books you may like, use GoodReads.com

When you are done writing:

• Reread your work!
• Check your work against the sample
• Highlight using this highlighting key

Paragraph One

Your current Fast Score

Your current Lexile Level

Your current Lexia Word Study Level

Your current Lexia Grammar Level

Your current Lexia Comprehension Level

Your 2022-2023 ELA CAASPP Score

Paragraph Two

Your goal Fast Score

Your goal Lexia Word Study Level

Your goal Lexia Grammar Level

Your goal Lexia Comprehension Level

Your goal 23-24 ELA CAASPP Score

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