Reading Levels Conversion Chart
Guided Reading/Lexile Conversion Table
Grade Level AR
|
Fountas Pinnell
Guided Reading
|
Lexile
|
Reading Recovery
|
DRA
|
NYRP Color Codes
|
Basal
|
Stage
|
K
|
A
|
-
|
A,B,1
|
A,1
|
Yellow
|
Readiness
|
Emergent
|
-
|
B
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
Yellow
|
Readiness
|
-
|
1
|
C
|
-
|
3,4
|
3
|
Orange
|
Preprimer 1
|
-
|
-
|
D
|
100
|
5,6
|
4
|
Orange
|
Preprimer 2
|
-
|
-
|
E
|
-
|
7,8
|
6-8
|
Green
|
Preprimer 3
|
|
-
|
F
|
200
|
9,10
|
10
|
Red
|
Primer
|
Early
|
-
|
G
|
-
|
11,12
|
12
|
Red
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
H
|
300
|
13,14
|
14
|
Black
|
Grade 1
|
-
|
-
|
I
|
-
|
15,16
|
16
|
Black
|
Grade 1 late
|
-
|
2
|
J
|
400
|
17,18
|
18
|
White
|
Grade 2
|
-
|
-
|
K
|
-
|
19,20
|
20
|
White
|
-
|
Early fluent
|
-
|
L
|
500
|
-
|
24
|
Blue
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
M
|
-
|
-
|
28
|
Yel/Yel
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
N
|
600
|
-
|
30
|
Org/Org
|
Grade 3
|
-
|
-
|
O
|
-
|
22
|
34
|
Org/Org
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
P
|
-
|
-
|
38
|
Grn/Grn
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
Q
|
700
|
24
|
-
|
Grn/Grn
|
Grade 4
|
-
|
-
|
R
|
-
|
-
|
40
|
Red/Red
|
-
|
Fluent
|
-
|
S
|
-
|
26
|
-
|
Red/Red
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
T
|
800
|
-
|
44
|
Blk/Blk
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
U
|
-
|
28
|
44
|
Blk/Blk
|
Grade 5
|
-
|
-
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Blk/Blk
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
W
|
900
|
-
|
-
|
Purple
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
X
|
-
|
30
|
-
|
Purple
|
Grade 6
|
-
|
-
|
Y
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Purple
|
-
|
-
|
7+
|
Z
|
1000
|
32,34
|
-
|
Neon Grn
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
1100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1200
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special thanks to Rigby Education, Scholastic Lexiles and Weaver, B.M. (2000). Leveling books K-6: Matching readers to text. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.