MCS levels relies on Fountas & Pinnell’s methods which is now considered the gold standard in the field of literacy instruction and staff development.

F&P has successfully developed a world class approach to understanding what the reader needs to be able to do at each level to read with accuracy, understanding, and fluency.

The formula that MCS uses to establish age & grade levels scrutinizes every possible variable that will impact a child’s tendency to connect with the content. This includes the size of the text, the images to text ratio, text volume per page and image appropriateness, among so many other components.