Reading Levels – Comparison Chart

Year Lexile ATOS level Book Reading ORT Flesch-

Level (Accelerated Reader) Band Recovery Kincaid
1 25 1.1 Blue 10 4 1.1

1 50 1.1 Blue 10 4 1.1

1 75 1.2 Blue 11 4 1.2

1 100 1.2 Blue 11 4 1.2

1 125 1.3 Green 12 5 1.3

1 150 1.3 Green 12 5 1.3

1 175 1.4 Green 13 5 1.4

1 200 1.5 Green 13 5 1.5

1 225 1.6 Orange 14 6 1.6

1 250 1.6 Orange 14 6 1.6

1 275 1.7 Orange 14 6 1.7

1 300 1.8 Orange 15 6 1.8

1 325 1.9 Orange 15 6 2.0

2 350 2.0 Turquoise 16 7 2.1

2 375 2.1 Turquoise 16 7 2.2

2 400 2.2 Turquoise 16 7 2.3

2 425 2.3 Turquoise 17 7 2.4

2 450 2.5 Purple 18 8 2.6

2 475 2.6 Purple 19 8 2.7

2 500 2.7 Purple 20 8 2.9

2 525 2.9 Purple 20 8 3.1

2 550 3.0 Gold 21 9 3.2

2 575 3.2 Gold 22 9 3.4

KS1 ES 600 3.3 Gold 22 9 3.5

2 625 3.5 White 23 10 3.8

2 650 3.7 White 24 10 4.0

2 675 3.9 White 24 10 4.2

2 700 4.1 Lime 25 11 4.4

2 725 4.3 Lime 26 11 4.7

3 750 4.5 Brown/Ruby 27 9,10,11 4.9

3 775 4.7 Brown/Ruby 28 9,10,11 5.1

3 800 5.0 grey 29 12 5.4

3,4 825 5.2 grey 29 12 5.7

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 Reading Levels – Comparison Chart

4 850 5.5 dark blue 30 12,13,14 6.0

4,5 875 5.8 dark blue 30 13, 14 6.3

5 900 6.0 dark blue 30 14, 15, 7.0

16

5,6 925 6.4 dark red 16 7.6

ES 950 6.7 dark red 16 8.0

6 975 7.0 black 8.4

6 1000 7.4 black 8.9

6 1025 7.8 black 9.4

1050 8.2 9.9

1075 8.6 10.5

1100 9.0 11.0

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