Criteria for reading levels

• Independent

• Word identification 100-96%

• Comprehension 90%

• Instructional

• Word identification 95%-90%

• Comprehension 89 -70%

• Frustration

• Word identification below 90%

• Comprehension below 70%

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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.