[CASL-L] Leveling of books?

[Zajac, Sarah]

I have a question for some of you... I was just wondering if there are any other libraries out there that level books.  My co-worker and I are starting to get frustrated with the fact that Scholastic, Fontas and Pinnell, Perma-Bound and Capstone all seem to be using their own "criteria," creating completely different levels for the same book and not really sharing how they are coming up with these levels (or I've just never been able to find or get any answers).

I was wondering what other schools are using, if they are leveling, and if they have gotten any information about how these companies are coming up with levels.

The book that sent us over the edge today was "Who was Louis Braille?" which Scholastic has at a R but Guided Reading on Perma-Bound has it at M.


Thank you for any help you can give me!

Sarah Zajac
South Elementary School
Windsor Locks, CT 06096


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