CARS & STARS Reading Level Correlations

The table below maps CARS & STARS Online (CSO) Reading level roughly to approximate year level based on text complexity alone. Note that they are spans with the implication being that children at the lower end of the span would be able to engage with the text in that level, but with children at the higher end of the span being able to do so with greater ease. This is only meant to serve as a rough guide, with the results of the Placement Centre.

The Placement Centre evaluations test individual children's comprehension levels and place them in the appropriate CARS & STARS level based on their ability to engage with the sample text given.

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