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Notes:
Determining a student’s reading level involves two steps:
1. Determine level for word identification and
2. Determine level for reading comprehension
Criteria vary however, in order for passage to be at the independent level word identification must be above 95% ( only miss 5 out of 100 words) or some suggest even higher 98%
For criteria used by QRI look on page 57
Define each of these levels:
Independent: the level at which a student can read and comprehend without assistance
Instructional ; the level at which at student can profit from instruction
Frustration. The level at which a student is completely unable to read with adequate word identification or comprehension.
