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To expand on this, review the following table. Note how the ES complexity levels relate to the increasing tasks demands, as presented in the Level Descriptions Manual summary statements for Read with Understanding for Various Purposes table.
LBS LEVELS *
Read with Understanding for Various Purposes |
ES COMPLEXITY LEVELS
Reading Text |
Level 1 – The reader locates, understands and responds to simple, concrete ideas |
Level 1 - Locate - These tasks require reader to match a single feature of information |
Level 2 – The reader locates, understands, and begins to interpret concrete and some inferential meaning in uncomplicated texts |
Level 2/3 – Cycle - These tasks require reader to match multiple features of information |
Level 3 – The reader locates, understands, interpret, and makes judgments about ideas and information in more complex texts |
Level 3/4 – Integrate – These tasks require reader to pull together two or more pieces of information from the text |
Level 4 – The reader analyzes, synthesizes, makes reasoned judgments, and draws conclusions about ideas and information |
Level 4/5 – Generate – these tasksrequire readers to process the information located in various parts of a text, and create a summarization by drawing on their knowledge |
Level 5 – The reader analyzes, synthesizes, makes reasoned judgments, and draws conclusions, using a wider range of appropriate and efficient strategies |
Level 5 indicates the creation of “new” or “unknown” concepts |
* Adapted from the summary statements as listed in The Levels Descriptions Manual
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