Reading Instructional Level
The instructional reading level is the highest level at which a reader is not independent, but has adequate background knowledge of a topic, and can access text quickly with no or few errors.
Think of the highest level you would ask a child to read with only a small amount of help or support. The vast majority of the text that a child reads during the school day should not exceed this level.
In How to Read A Book, Van Doren and Mortimer talked about 4 main levels of reading: elementary reading, inspectional reading, analytical reading, and syntopical reading
Reading Level Criteria
Here, is the table based on Reading Instructional Level-:
| Fluency Criteria | ||||
| Level | Instructional | End-Of-Year Independent | ||
| Accuracy | Rate | Accuracy | Rate | |
| G1-October (Early StepsSM 5) |
no less than 85% (85%) |
no less than 20 wpm |
no less than 85% |
no less than 20 wpm |
| G1-March | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 30 wpm |
no less than 90% |
no less than 30 wpm |
| G1-End | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 40 wpm |
no less than 90% |
no less than 50 wpm |
| G2-Mid | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 60 wpm |
no less than 93% |
no less than 65 wpm |
| G2-End | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 80 wpm |
no less than 93% |
no less than 90 wpm |
| Early G3 | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 80 wpm |
no less than 93% |
no less than 80 wpm |
| Mid G3 | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 90 wpm |
no less than 93% |
no less than 90 wpm |
| End G3 | no less than 90% (93%) |
no less than 100 wpm |
no less than 93% |
no less than 110 wpm |
| Early G4 | no less than 93% (93%) |
no less than 95 wpm |
no less than 96% |
no less than 95 wpm |
| Mid G4 | no less than 94% (93%) |
no less than 100 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 105 wpm |
| End G4 | no less than 95% (93%) |
no less than 105 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 115 wpm |
| Early G5 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 110 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 125 wpm |
| Mid G5 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 115 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 127 wpm |
| End G5 | no less than 97% (95%) |
no less than 120 wpm |
no less than 99% |
no less than 130 wpm |
| Early G6 | no less than 94% (95%) |
no less than 110 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 125 wpm |
| Mid G6 | no less than 94% (95%) |
no less than 113 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 128 wpm |
| End G6 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 117 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 131 wpm |
| Early G7 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 120 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 135 wpm |
| Mid G7 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 123 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 141 wpm |
| End G7 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 127 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 145 wpm |
| Early G8 | no less than 97% (95%) |
no less than 130 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 148 wpm |
| Mid G8 | no less than 97% (95%) |
no less than 135 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 151 wpm |
| End G8 | no less than 97% (95%) |
no less than 140 wpm |
no less than 99% |
no less than 154 wpm |
| Early G9 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 130 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 145 wpm |
| Mid G9 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 135 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 149 wpm |
| End G9 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 140 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 153 wpm |
| Early G10 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 145 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 157 wpm |
| Mid G10 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 150 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 161 wpm |
| End G10 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 155 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 165 wpm |
| Early G11 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 145 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 155 wpm |
| Mid G11 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 148 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 158 wpm |
| End G11 | no less than 95% (95%) |
no less than 151 wpm |
no less than 97% |
no less than 161 wpm |
| Early G12 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 154 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 164 wpm |
| Mid G12 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 157 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 167 wpm |
| End G12 | no less than 96% (95%) |
no less than 160 wpm |
no less than 98% |
no less than 170 wpm |
(Source-Google)