Independent VS. Instructional Reading Level

  • What is the difference between independent and instructionalreading level?

     

    An independent reading level is the level at which a child can read a text on his/her own with ease. The child makes hardly any errors when reading the text and has excellent comprehension of the story. The child can read the story alone with confidence.

     

    An instructional reading level is the level at which a child needs the support of a teacher, parent, or tutor. This is the level where students are introduced to new vocabulary and is where the greatest progress in reading occurs. Children are reading with 90-95 percent accuracy or better and possess at least 80 percent comprehension on simple recall questions about the story.

     

    Frustration Reading Level occurs when the accuracy of the reading goes below 90 percent.