Reading Level Chart With Star
Reading Level Chart With Star
CES
Independen
t Reading
Level
Expectation
start of gr 3
end of gr 3
Fountas &
Pinnell
F&P Grade
Level
Reading A-Z
STAR
Reading
TM
(ATOS)
Lexile
(Imag.
Learning)
aa - A
0.3
BR-70
0.4
BR-70
0.5
BR-70
0.6
80-450
0.7-0.9
80-450
1.2
80-450
1.2
80-450
1.5
80-450
1.9
80-450
1/2
J-K
2.4
451-550
2.5
501-550
2.5
551-600
2/3
2.8
551-650
Q-R
3.0
651-730
3.4
691-770
3/4
3.8
731-770
4.0
771-830
4.0
801-860
4/5
W-X
4.5
831-860
4.5
861-890
5.0
891-
5-6
5.5
980
Typical Mid
year
25th-75th
percentile
Lexile
up to 300L
140L-500L
330L-700L
445L-810L
565L-910L
5.5
6.0
6-7
6.5
7-8
8.0
665L-1000L
950-1100
735L-1100L
This chart provides approximate correlations for four common reading scales, used to help identify books at a child's
reading level.
Fountas and Pinnell Levels are based on the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System and the
corresponding grade level expectation are based on State Standards where students begin to learn to read in
Kindergarten.
Reading A-Z levels come from their website where they have been correlated to Fountas and Pinnel Levels.
The Accelerated Reader (ATOS) system is commonly found on Scholastic books and order forms.
ATOS Level - Developed by Renaissance Learning, the ATOS Readability Formula determines
the reading difficulty of a book by calculating the: semantic difficulty (measuring word length,
frequency, and familiarity); syntactic difficulty (measuring sentence length); and book length. The ATOS leveling
system is used in the Accelerated Reader reading management program.
Lexile reading levels are a measure of the text difficulty based on student performance. Imagine Learning uses this as
their measure or reading level of their materials