Easy CBM Reading Benchmarks

Kindergarten Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Phoneme Segment
Fall
Wint Sprg
0
6
25
1
13
34
6
32
44
19
42
53
31
51
61

Letter Names
Fall
Wint Sprg
2
13
29
4
22
36
12
35
45
25
43
54
34
50
66

Letter Sounds
Fall
Wint Sprg
0
4
18
1
8
23
2
18
34
9
29
42
19
36
50

Word Reading
Fall
Wint
0
1
0
1
1
3
2
6
4
10

Sprg
3
5
11
17
30

1st Grade Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Phoneme
Segment
Fall Wint
8
31
19
38
35
50
44
59
52
66

Letter Names
Sprg
35
42
52
61
67

Fall
20
28
40
47
59

Wint
34
42
56
69
80

Sprg
42
49
68
80
90

Letter Sounds

Word Reading

Passage Reading

Fall
10
15
26
34
40

Fall
1
3
8
19
44

Fall
1
3
7
17
43

Wint
26
30
39
49
56

Sprg
30
36
46
54
63

Wint
7
11
19
34
61

Sprg
16
23
45
66
82

Wint
6
10
21
48
90

Sprg
14
24
54
88
119

2nd Grade Reading Measures

Word Reading Fluency
Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Fall
9
17
37
56
72

Wint
15
24
49
67
80

Sprg
29
43
65
80
93

Passage Reading
Fluency
Fall
Wint
Sprg
18
23
38
30
41
62
52
78
97
79
102
126
110
126
155

MC Reading
Comprehension
Fall
Wint
3
5
4
6
7
9
9
11
11
12

Sprg
6
8
10
12
12

3rd Grade Reading Measures

Word Reading Fluency

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Fall
16
25
47
61
72

Wint
24
36
57
72
84

Sprg
33
46
65
76
91

Passage Reading
Fluency

Fall
31
51
83
108
138

Wint
64
81
114
147
173

MC Reading
Comprehension

Sprg
60
81
115
144
173

Fall
6
8
11
14
16

Wint
7
8
11
13
15

Vocabulary

Sprg
8
10
15
17
19

Fall
10
13
18
21
23

Wint

Sprg
17
20
23
25
25

4th Grade Reading Measures

Word Reading Fluency

Passage Reading Fluency

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Fall
16
25
47
61
72

Wint
24
36
57
72
84

Sprg
33
46
65
76
91

Fall
31
51
83
108
138

Wint
64
81
114
147
173

Sprg
60
81
115
144
173

MC Reading
Comprehension

Fall
6
8
11
14
16

Wint
7
8
11
13
15

Vocabulary

Sprg
8
10
15
17
19

Fall
10
13
18
21
23

Wint

Sprg
17
20
23
25
25

5th Grade Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Passage Reading Fluency

Fall
91
111
145
172
200

Wint
101
118
153
181
209

Sprg
114
135
169
194
215

MC Reading Comprehension

Fall
9
12
15
17
18

Wint
11
14
17
19
20

Sprg
10
13
16
17
18

Vocabulary

Fall
12
15
20
23
24

Wint

Sprg
16
18
22
24
25

Wint

Sprg
11
13
17
20
22

Wint

Sprg
11
13
17
20
23

Wint

Sprg
11
13
18
20
25

6th Grade Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Passage Reading Fluency

Fall
90
103
137
163
190

Wint
95
120
154
181
205

Sprg
101
120
163
197
224

MC Reading Comprehension

Fall
10
12
15
17
18

Wint
9
12
14
16
18

Sprg
10
13
16
17
19

Vocabulary

Fall
9
12
16
19
21

7th Grade Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Passage Reading Fluency

Fall
108
123
151
178
203

Wint
110
131
168
203
229

Sprg
104
124
157
191
214

MC Reading Comprehension

Fall
9
11
14
17
18

Wint
11
13
16
17
18

Sprg
9
11
13
15
16

Vocabulary

Fall
9
11
15
18
21

8th Grade Reading Measures

Percentile
10th
20th
50th
75th
90th

Passage Reading Fluency

Fall
115
133
167
196
223

Wint
10
123
160
189
214

Sprg
111
128
164
188
214

MC Reading Comprehension

Fall
10
12
15
17
18

Wint
9
11
14
15
17

Sprg
8
10
14
16
17

Vocabulary

Fall
10
12
16
18
21