Grade 8 Text Titles and Lexile Ranges
| Text Title | Lexile Range | Final Certification Score |
|---|---|---|
| Magnets | 930-1200 | 950 |
| Electromagnets | 930-1200 | 950 |
| The Changing Surface of the Earth | 930-1200 | 970 |
| Earthquake! The Disaster That Rocked San Francisco | 930-1200 | 960 |
| The Most Valuable Diamonds in the World | 930-1200 | 1030 |
| Spike It! | 930-1200 | 1030 |
| Famous Women Athletes: Tennis | 930-1200 | 1070 |
| Miss America, With a Difference | 930-1200 | 1000 |
| The Great Race of Mercy: A True Adventure of Heroism | 930-1200 | 1030 |
| The Summer of Hurricane Andrew | 930-1200 | 950 |
| No Time Like the Present | 930-1200 | 950 |
| A Magical Future | 930-1200 | 1100 |
| Changing the World | 930-1200 | 990 |
| Natives and Immigrants in a Digital World | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| We the Parents Oppose the Proposed Cell Phone Ban | 930-1200 | 1070 |
| The Moon or Mars? | 930-1200 | 1010 |
| Gift Clone | 930-1200 | 1070 |
| Green Homes | 930-1200 | 1040 |
| Building Science | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| The Chance of a Lifetime | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| A New Way to Look at Music | 930-1200 | 1070 |
| Excerpt from Play the Game You Know (Part 1) | 930-1200 | play* |
| Excerpt from Play the Game You Know (Part 2) | 930-1200 | play* |
| Maria Mitchell: Sky Watcher | 930-1200 | 1030 |
| Walter's Dream | 930-1200 | 960 |
| Rory's Project | 930-1200 | 950 |
| Flying Buttresses, Stained Glass, and Gargoyles | 930-1200 | 1090 |
| Bethany Hamilton: Back on Her Board | 930-1200 | 950 |
| Prehistory in Black Goo | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| Band Camp | 930-1200 | 1000 |
| Old Faithful | 930-1200 | 1080 |
| The Extraordinary Sculptures of Sonabai Rajawar | 930-1200 | 1000 |
| New Pet | 930-1200 | 990 |
| Thomas Edison: A Man of Determination | 930-1200 | 1020 |
| Hope | 930-1200 | poem* |
| Skyscrapers: Achieving New Heights | 930-1200 | 1040 |
| Mars on Earth | 930-1200 | 1090 |
| My Turn | 930-1200 | 970 |
| Deeper Than Deep | 930-1200 | 1050 |
| This Nose Knows | 930-1200 | 1000 |
| Snowflake Bentley | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| What Makes a Hero? | 930-1200 | 980 |
| Heroes Through Artists' Eyes | 930-1200 | 1060 |
| The IQ Question | 930-1200 | 970 |
| Brain Battle | 930-1200 | 990 |
| Our Plastic Brains | 930-1200 | 1000 |
| from The Journey Through Earth | 930-1200 | 930 |
| The Lesson of Icarus | 930-1200 | 980 |
| Mount St. Helens: Active Volcano | 930-1200 | 990 |
* Poems, table of contents, plays, and single words per page do not have a certified Lexile level due to formatting and grammar.