DORA
R eading
E quivalency
L evel
C orrelation
C hart
DORA
C omp.
Reading
Fountas-‐Pinnell
Grade
L evel
DRA*
Lexile
Lexile
S tretch
Score
Recovery
Guided
R eading*
0
0
t o
4
A
t o
3
Kindergarten
A
t o
C
0
t o
2 00
0.5
0
t o
4
A
t o
3
1.17
5
t o
6
D
4
t o
6
250:
1 00-‐400
Grade
1
1.5
9
t o
1 0
F
8
t o
1 0
275:
1 00-‐400
1.83
14
t o
1 5
H
12
t o
1 4
275:
1 00-‐400
2.17
17
J
18
300:
2 00-‐500
420-‐520
Grade
2
2.5
18
L
20
325:
2 00-‐500
480-‐580
2.83
20
M
28
350:
2 00-‐500
540-‐640
3.17
21
N
30
400:
3 00-‐600
600-‐700
Grade
3
3.5
22
O
34
425:
3 00-‐600
660-‐760
3.83
24
P
38
450:
3 00-‐600
720-‐820
4.17
Q
500:
4 00-‐700
740-‐840
Grade
4
4.5
26
R
40
t o
4 4
525:
4 00-‐700
775-‐875
4.83
R
550:
4 00-‐700
810-‐910
5.17
S
600:
5 00-‐800
845-‐945
Grade
5
5.5
28
T
50
625:
5 00-‐800
880-‐980
5.83
T
650:
5 00-‐800
915-‐1010
6.17
U
700:
6 00-‐900
925-‐1025
Grade
6
6.5
30
V
60
725:
6 00-‐900
945-‐1045
6.83
V-‐Z
750:
6 00-‐900
965-‐1065
7.17
800:
7 00-‐1000
985-‐1085
Grade
7
7.5
32
max
Z
70
825:
7 00-‐1000
1005-‐1105
7.83
850:
7 00-‐1000
1025-‐1125
8.17
900:
8 00-‐1150
1045-‐1145
Grade
8
8.5
34
80
925:
8 00-‐1150
1065-‐1165
8.83
950:
8 00-‐1150
1085-‐1185
9.17
1105-‐1205
Grade
9
9.5
max
3 4
max
8 0
1000:
9 00-‐1200
1120-‐1220
9.83
1130-‐1230
10.17
1170-‐1270
Grade
1 0
10.5
1100:
1 000-‐1300
1210-‐1310
10.83
1250-‐1335
11.17
1185-‐1285
Grade
1 1
11.5
1215-‐1315
11.83
1245-‐1345
1200:
1 000-‐1400
12.17
1275-‐1375
Grade
1 2
12.5
1305-‐1385
12.83
1335-‐1385
Note:
D ORA
u ses
n on-‐fiction
p assages
t hat
g et
l onger
b y
p assage
g rade-‐level
a nd
d oesn't
a llow
l ook-‐back.
Comprehension
m astery
i s
r equired
v ia
s ix
m ultiple
c hoice
q uestions
p er
p assage.
A s
a
r esult,
r eading
conversions
a nd
e qivalencies
b etween
d ifferent
t ypes
o f
a ssessment
m ay
v ary
s ignificantly.
Lexile
s cores
r epresent
t he
h ighest
L exiled
l evel
p assagel
t hat
a
s tudent
s uccessfully
r ead
a nd
d emonstrated
m astery
by
a nswering
q uestions
c orrectly.
D ORA
i s
n ot
a
r eadability
a ssessment.
I t
i s
a
d iagnostic.
*
T he
F ountas-‐Pinnell
a nd
D RA
c onversions
s hown
i n
t his
t able
a re
s traight
c onversions
u sing
t he
D ORA
Comprehension
( CO)
s ub-‐test
s core
b y
i tself.