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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do all books online & in store/library use the same guidelines to grade reading levels?

My kindergartner is reading First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level C: 25 Irresistible Books. So, he is reading level C? However, I have seen some books at library reading level C are more simpler or more complex.

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No, they don’t at all. There are SEVERAL “official” reading level systems plus publishers create their own Level 1/2/3 or whatever for “easy reader” books.

Here’s a conversion chart for the official levels:

https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/library/libraries/firsttuesdays/readingchart.pdf

The publishers’ levels are all over the place but you can always Google “[title of book] reading level” and find at least one of the official levels, which you can convert into however your kid’s school measures things.

Like MCPS uses Reading Recovery levels for ~K-2 or so. So last night we read Henry & Mudge in the Green Time.

The publisher calls it a Level 2 easy reader (out of basically 3 levels). Scholastic says it is a Guided Reading Level J.

The conversion chart tells me that’s about a Level 18 in Reading Recovery. My kid is in 1st and supposed to be at least at an 11 in that system at this point in the year. She was actually just measured at a 15. She read this Level 18 book pretty well, struggling with maybe 4 words, which would be about what you would expect.

HTH

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/henry-and-mudge-in-the-green-time-by-cynthia-rylant/
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