Leveling Systems Compared

Leveling Systems Compared

Grade Level

/ Rigby Level / Guided Reading Level
Fountas & Pinnell / *Lexile Grade Band Range / Reading
A -Z / Developmental
Reading Assessment Levels / Accelerated Reader
Levels
Mid K / 1 / A / 100L-500L / A / 1
End K / 2 / B / ~ / B / 2
Early 1 / 3 / C / ~ / C / 3
Early 1 / 4 / C / ~ / C / 4
Early 1 / 5 / D / ~ / D / 5 / 0.5
Early 1 / 6 / D / ~ / D / 6 / 0.6
Early 1 / 7 / E / ~ / E / 7 / 0.7
Mid 1 / 8 / E / ~ / E / 8 / 0.8
Mid 1 / 9 / F / ~ / F / 9 / 0.9
Mid 1 / 10 / F / ~ / F / 10 / 1.0
Mid 1 / 11 / G / ~ / G / 11 / 1.1
Late 1 / 12 / G / ~ / G / 12 / 1.2
Late 1 / 13 / H / ~ / H / 13 / 1.3
Late 1 / 14 / H / ~ / H / 14 / 1.4 - 1.5
Late 1 / 15 / I / ~ / I / 15 / 1.6 – 1.7
Late 1 / 16 / I / ~ / I / 16 / 1.8 – 1.9
Early 2 / 17 / J / 450L-790L / J / 17 / 2.0 - 2.1
Early 2 / 18 / J / ~ / K / 18 / 2.2 - 2.3
Mid 2 / 19 / K / ~ / L / 19 / 2.4
Mid 2 / 20 / K / ~ / M / 20 / 2.5 - 2.6
Late 2 / 21 / L / ~ / N / 21-24 / 2.7
Late 2 / 22 / M / ~ / O-P / 25-28 / 2.8 - 2.9
Early 3 / 23 / N / ~ / Q-R / 29-30 / 3.0 - 3.3
Mid 3 / 24 / O / ~ / S / 31-34 / 3.4 - 3.6
Late 3 /

25

/

P

/ ~ / T / 35-38 /

3.7 - 3.9

Early 4 / 26 / Q / 770L-980L / U / 39 / 4.0 - 4.3
Mid 4 / 27 / R / ~ / V-W / 40 / 4.4 - 4.6
Late 4 / 28 / S / ~ / X / 41 / 4.7 – 4.9
Early 5 / 29 / T / ~ / Y / 42 / 5.0 – 5.3
Mid 5 / 30 / U / ~ / Z / 43 / 5.4 – 5.6
Late 5 / 31 / V / ~ / Z / 5.7 – 5.9
Early 6 / 32 / W / 955L-1155L / Z / 6.0 – 6.3
Mid 6 / 33 / X / ~ / Z / 6.4 – 6.6
Late 6 / 34 / Y / ~ / Z / 6.7 - 6.9

*Taken from Kansas Common Core Standards. Lexiles are approximate.