District 55 determines a student's reading text level with the Dominie reading assessment.  Each grade level has text level promotion expectations. It is imperative that students be able to read and comprehend a wide variety of genres at each text level. 

Kindergarten               2

First Grade                7

Second Grade               9

Third Grade               11

Fourth Grade              13

Fifth Grade               15

Sixth Grade               16 

Seventh Grade             17

Eighth Grade              18