Grade-Level Expectations for Instructional Reading Level

The table below describes how your students' instructional levels are color coded on the teacher dashboard. A printable copy of this table can be downloaded at the bottom of this article.

• As a default, PreK students and students in grades 9-12 will not have their instructional levels color coded.
• Districts have the option of customizing this table with thresholds that align with their local needs, including for students in PreK and grades 9-12. For more information, please contact [e-mail].

Key

The colors for instructional level correspond to these performance descriptors:

Exceeds Expectations (4)

Meets Expectations (3)

Approaches Expectations (2)

Does Not Meet Expectations (1)

Please note: when applying the below colors to a student's instructional level, Literably uses the date of the student's last assessment, not the current date, as the reference point for the below table.

	Aug 1 - Oct 31	Nov 1 - Jan 31	Feb 1 - April 30	May 1 - July 31
Grade K		C or above	D or above	F or above
		A-B	C	D-E
			A	C
				A-B
Grade 1	F or above	G or above	I or above	L or above
	D-E	F	H	J-K
	C	E	F-G	H-I
	A-B	A-D	A-E	A-G
Grade 2	L or above	L or above	M or above	O or above
	J-K	K	L	M-N
	H-I	J	J-K	L
	A-G	A-I	A-I	A-K
Grade 3	O or above	O or above	Q or above	R or above
	M-N	N	O-P	P-Q
	L	M	N	O
	A-K	A-L	A-M	A-N
Grade 4	R or above	R or above	T or above	U or above
	P-Q	Q	R-S	S-T
	O	P	Q	R
	A-N	A-O	A-P	A-Q
Grade 5	U or above	U or above	W or above	X or above
	S-T	T	U-V	V-W
	R	S	T	U
	A-Q	A-R	A-S	A-T
Grade 6	X or above	X or above	Y or above	Z or above
	V-W	W	X	Y
	U	V	W	X
	A-T	A-U	A-V	A-W
Grade 7	Z or above	Z or above	Z or above	Z or above
	Y	Y	Z	Z
	X	X	Y	Y
	A-W	A-W	A-X	A-X
Grade 8	Z or above	Z or above	Z or above	Z or above
	Z	Z	Z	Z
	Y	Y	Y	Y
	A-X	A-X	A-X	A-X

References:

https://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/handouts/instructionallevelexpectationsforreading.pdf

Note: A small number of districts uses a customized table that is slightly different than the above table.