Language Arts FAQs
What you need to know about Language Arts
Beginning of the Year Reading Level
You're probably wondering what these crazy letters for reading levels mean, and if you've been at MDE previously, you were given a number for reading levels. Since we've changed to Units of Study this year, we are now testing in letters rather than numbers. R is the expected reading level for the beginning of fourth grade. We've included a conversion chart for your reference. We are using the column that lists F & P. The STAAR test at the end of the year is tested on a level T.