Year / Y4 / Y5 / Y6 / Y7 / Y8 / Y9 / Y10
Av.Age / 8 1/2 / 9 / 9 1/2 / 10 / 10 1/2 / 11 / 11 1/2 / 12 / 12 1/2 / 13 / 13 1/2 / 14 / 14 1/2
Curric. Level / <2B / 2B / 2P / 2A / 3B / 3P / 3A / 4B / 4P / 4A / 5B / 5P / 5A
e-asTTle
aRs
(September) / -
1242 / 1243-1293 / 1294-1346 / 1347-1375 / 1376-
1397 / 1398-
1423 / 1424-
1445 / 1446-
1469 / 1470-
1501 / 1502-
1555 / 1556-1586 / 1587-
1617 / 1618-1641
difference / 50 / 52 / 28 / 21 / 25 / 21 / 23 / 31 / 53 / 30 / 30 / 23
Reading Age
+ / -
3 months / 8 – 8 ½
yrs / 8 ½ -
9 yrs / 9 –
9 ½ yrs / 9 ½ -
10 yrs / 10 –
10 ½ yrs / 10 ½ - 11 yrs / 11 –
11 ½ yrs / 11 ½ - 12 yrs / 12 – 12 ½ yrs / 12 ½ - 13 yrs / 13 – 13 ½ yrs / 13 ½ - 14 yrs / 14 – 14 ½ yrs
e-asTTle Reading Raw Scores interpreted as an approximate Reading Age.
(Raw Scores taken from the Cut Score Tables as at 20 September 2010)
NOTES
· Average gain is just over 3 sub levels for two years, or just over 1 sublevel for each year. It is realistic to expect teachers and students to set a goal by which each child moves up two sub-levels per year.
· The Listening Age of a student is, on average, two years higher than their reading age. It is therefore entirely appropriate to choose and read from texts at a higher reading level providing the context and content are appropriate for the students.
· Research has shown that student’s reading speed is 25% slower when reading off a computer screen than when reading off a printed page.
· Texts such as Science books ought to have a reading age two years less than those used in class as supported texts.