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End of-year reading level targets 2011
1. End-of-Year Reading-Level Targets for Primary Grades
Grade Level readinga-z.com Fountas & Pinnell, Alphakids (1996) DRA EIL PM Benchmark Levels Rigby Lit
SK B-C B-C 3-5 [3] 3-5 [3-4]
Grade 1 I I 16-18 [16] 15-16
Grade 2 N-O L-M 24-28 21-22 [23-24]
Grade 3 T P 34-38 26-27 [25]
from A Guide to Effective Instruction in Reading: Kindergarten to Grade 3. (2003). Queen’s Printer, p. 12.51.
[ ] = modification based on http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/pdf/LevellingSystemComparisonChart.pdf
K (readiness) A A, 1 1 Starters 1 1, 2
B, Grade 1 trans, end of K (1) 2 2 Starters 2 3, 4
1, Pre-Primer C, Grade K trans 3 3, 4 3, 4 Red 5
D 4 5, 6 5 Red/6 Yellow 6
E 6, 8 7, 8 7, 8 Yellow 7
1, Primer F 10 9, 10 9, 10 Blue 8
1 G 12 11, 12 11, Blue/12, Green 9
H, Grade 2 trans 14 13.14 13, 14, Green 10
I, Grade 2 trans, end of gr.1 16 15. 16 16, 16, Orange 11
2 J 18 17, 18 17, 18, Turquoise 12
K 20 19, 20 19. 20, Purple 13, 14
L, Grade 3 trans, end of gr. 2 24 21, Gold 15
M. Grade 3 trans 28 22, Gold 16, 17
3 N 30 23, Silver 18
O, Grade 4 trans, end of gr. 3 34 24, Silver 19
P, Grade 4 trans 38 25, Emerald 20
From New Standards Primary Literacy Committee, Available online at www.ncee.org
Reading and Writing Grade by Grade. Pittsburg:
1999, National Center on Education and the University of Pittsburg.