READINGLEVELSCORRELATIONCHART

GRADESK6

DRA READING STAGESOF S.T.A.R.
GRADELEVEL F&PLEVEL LEXILECORRELATION*
LEVEL RECOVERY DEVELOPMENT CORRELATION
1 A 1 PP
KINDERGARTEN EMERGENT
2 B 2 P
34 C 34 1.0 2550
46 D 56 1.11.2 75100
68 E 78 1.3 125150
FIRSTGRADE 10 F 910 EARLY 1.41.5 175200
12 G 1112 1.6 225250
14 H 1314 1.71.8 275300
16 I 1516 1.9 325
18 J 1718 2.02.2 350400
20 K 1920 2.32.5 425450
SECONDGRADE EarlyFluent
24 L N/A 2.62.7 475500
28 M N/A 2.82.9 525
30 N N/A 3.03.3 550600
THIRDGRADE 34 O N/A 3.43.5 625
38 P N/A 3.63.9 650675
40 Q N/A 4.04.5 700750
FOURTHGRADE
40 R N/A 4.54.9 750785
44 S N/A 5.05.2 800825
44 T N/A 5.35.4 850
FIFTHGRADE N/A U N/A Fluent 5.5 860
N/A V N/A 5.65.7 875
N/A W N/A 5.85.9 880
N/A X N/A 6.06.3 900920
SIXTHGRADE N/A Y N/A 6.46.5 925935
N/A Z N/A 6.66.9 960

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F&P=Fountas&PinnellMatchingBookstoReadersK3.IreneC.Fountas&GaySuPinnell.Heinemann.1999.Guiding
ReadersandWriters36.IreneC.Fountas&GaySuPinnell.Heinemann.2001
READINGRECOVERYisaRegisteredServiceMarkofTheOhioUniversityReadingLevelsmaychangeduetoperiodictestingand
reevaluation.
*LEXILETHISCONVERSIONCHARTISBASEDONLEVELSFROMTHEPUBLISHEDLEXILEFRAMEWORKCHART.ASMOOTHCURVEWASFITTHROUGH
GRADELEVELPOINTSINDICATEDHERE,ANDREGRESSIONANALYSISPROVIDEDTHEEQUATION:
LEXILE=500LN(GR.LEVEL)ORTHECOUNTERPARTGR.LEVEL=E).002(LEXILE)
THERESULTINGREGRESSIONEQUATIONWASTHENUSEDTOCALCULATETHEEDUCATIONALGRADELEVELSINTHEABOVETABLECELLS.PLEASENOTE
THESELEVELSAREGENERALANDBECOMEMOREFLUIDATTHEUPPERRANGESOFTHISCHART
LEXILEMETAMETRICS,INC/ADVANTAGELEARNINGSYSTEMS,INC.

PLEASENOTE:THISCHARTWASCREATEDTOSHOWTHEAPPROXIMATERELATIONSHIPBETWEENTHEVARIOUSLEVELINGSYSTEMSUSEDAND
PROVIDEDBYMOSTPUBLISHINGGROUPSANDUSEDBYMANYSCHOOLS.ALLLEVELSARESUBJECTIVE.TEACHERSAREENCOURAGEDTO
USETHEIRJUDGMENTANDFREELYADJUSTLEVELSBASEDONSTUDENTPERFORMANCEANDINTEREST.