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Finding the Right Book Level: PALS Equivalencies

Different book leveling systems each have unique ways of describing the age- and grade-level appropriateness of books. This chart provides equivalency information across six leveling systems: Basal level/PALS, Guided Reading, DRA, Rigby PM, Reading Recovery, and Lexile.

Grade Level	Basal Level/ PALS	Guided Reading	Reading Recovery	Develop- mental Reading (DRA)	Rigby PM Bench- mark	Lexile Frame- work
K	Read- iness	A	1	1	1	NA
K/1	Read- iness cont.	B	2	2	2	NA
K/1	PP1(A)	C	3 & 4	3	3 & 4	NA
1	PP2(B)	D	5 & 6	4	5 & 6	NA
1	PP3(C)	E	7 & 8	6 & 8	7 & 8	NA
1st	(1.1)	F	9 & 10	10	9 & 10	200L- 400L
1	1.1 cont.	G	11 & 12	12	11	200L- 400L
1/2	First (1.2)	H	13 & 14	14	15	200L- 400L
1/2	1.2 cont.	I	15, 16, 17	16	16	200L- 400L
2	(2.1)	J	18, 19, 20	18	17	300L- 500L
2	2.1 cont.	K	NA	20	18	300L- 500L
2/3	Second (2.2)	L & M	NA	24 & 28	21 & 22	300L- 500L
3/4	Third	N, O, P	NA	30, 34, 38	23, 24, 25	500L- 700L
4	Fourth	Q, R, S	NA	NA	26, 27 , 28	650L- 850L