Reading A to Z uses a running record accuracy of 95+%, retell rubric of 95+%, and comprehension quick check quiz of 95+% as the level advancement criteria. In first and second grade, there are six or seven levels expected. After 2nd grade, students should be advancing about three to four levels per year. I is late first grade. F is early first grade.

...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...