Once your text is properly prepared and you have accessed the Text Analyzer tool, you’re ready to analyze it. 

Begin on the Analyze Text screen:

1. Select the text language, English or Spanish
2. Enter a title for your text in the Title field. A title must be 255 or fewer characters. This is a required field and will be visible in the History tab.
3. Paste or type your text into the Text field. (Required field). Note: The number of words available adjusts after you paste the text into the text box field or when you stop typing. If you exceed the 500 word count, you will receive an alert message and will be required to reduce the number of words to 500 or fewer.
4. Ensure your text is properly prepared and edited, then select Analyze to receive the Lexile text measure range for your submission. 

Measures Available per Month

Each month, the Premium membership allows educators to analyze a limited number of texts. Once the monthly allotment has been reached, users will no longer be able to submit a text for analysis until the first of the next month. Users can still view the history of previously analyzed texts. Use the Measures left for this month tracker to see your available measures.

To analyze another text, select Start Over in the lower right corner. This will take you to a new Analyze Text page. Enter the text and submit for analysis.

Users can edit and resubmit analyzed text to fix errors or create versions at varying Lexile ranges to meet the needs of students.

To edit the submission:

1. Select the Edit button in the lower right corner of the Results page. This will take you back to the Analyze Text page.
2. Make edits in the Text field and to the Title (to distinguish between the original and edited versions).
3. When finished, select Analyze to view the new results.

Each time you select Analyze, the Measures left for this month will decrease.

The Text Analyzer stores all text analyses.

To view previously analyzed text, follow these 

1. Select History at the top of the page.
2. View Text Analyzer History by:
   • Title
   • Text
   • Lexile Range
   • Word Count
   • Text Language
   • Last Analyzed
3. Use the up and down arrows to sort the list according to the different areas noted above.
4. Select on the title of a submission to view the submission and the results.

The History list of analyzed texts defaults to show the most recent submissions first. Use the drop-down arrow next to each category to sort the texts differently.

1. To edit or revise the submission, select Edit in the lower right corner and follow the steps under Step 4: Edit Analyzed Text.

Reminder: Each time you select Analyze, the Measures left for this month will decrease.

Analysis results include a Lexile range, longest sentence, recommended books, and consequential vocabulary. 

Lexile Range

• The Text Analyzer generates an estimated Lexile measure range to show the level of difficulty of the text.
• Lexile measures are expressed as numbers followed by an “L” (for example, 850L) and range from below 0L for beginning readers and text to above 1600L for advanced readers and text.
• Comparing a student’s Lexile measure with the Lexile measure range of what they are reading helps gauge the “fit” between a student’s ability and the difficulty of the text.

The Lexile range generated is not a certified Lexile measure range and should only be considered an estimated Lexile range.

Overview

• The Overview section of the Results page will identify the Longest Sentence found and Recommended books within the Lexile range of the analyzed text.
• Click on any of the Recommended book titles to view the book’s detail page in Find a Book. (Find a Book is a tool that allows you to search for books in both English and Spanish using Lexile measure, grade level, or interests. For more information, view the Find a Book User Guide.)

Vocabulary (for English text only)

Select Vocabulary to display up to 10 words that have significant consequence or relevance. These are useful for pre-teaching to facilitate greater comprehension. Select the vocabulary word to see:

1. the number of definitions available for that word (located in the right corner of the definition space)
2. the part of speech, definition, and example of the word used in context

Analyze various classroom reading material (textbook unit introductions, articles, passages, assignments, etc.) to identify if the Lexile text measure is appropriate for students’ independent practice.

Modify content, such as sentence combining or removing, and resubmit text to create a different version or versions within the Lexile range of your students for differentiated instruction and optimal comprehension. Knowing the Lexile text measure of reading material helps educators determine what types of support may be needed for students during instruction.

View the consequential vocabulary words from your text analysis and determine which words might be challenging for your students. Scaffold vocabulary instruction using the parts of speech, definitions and examples provided from the analysis to set your students up for success.

Educators may find it helpful to evaluate the reading demand of the assessments they develop for classroom use.  Getting an estimated Lexile text measure range for the overall assessment can provide insight into whether reading challenges are likely to affect student performance on the assessment. If the reading demands of the assessment are substantially higher than the Lexile measure of the student, a poor performance on the assessment may be due to reading comprehension issues rather than a sign of weak content knowledge. (For more information on what and how to measure assessments, go to the Special Use Case section in the Text Preparation Guidelines.)