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lexile
 v.— «Read 180, which Toscano calls the “Cadillac of reading programs,” employs what is called a lexiled reading model, meaning that each student reads a different text based on their own individual reading level.» —“Teaching to the test” by Jillian Jones Napa Valley Register (California) Aug. 13, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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