Pearson English Graded Readers - Grading level
Pearson English Graded Readers are graded by:
Structure (grammar)
Number of headwords (a word placed at the beginning of a dictionary entry or a group of words which share the same basic meaning, for example: helps, helping, helpful, helpless)
Vocabulary
Sentence length
Sentence complexity
Number of words on a page
Number of pages in a book
Complexity of activities
Number of hours of English completed by the reader
Learn more about the secondary grading levels used in Pearson English Readers and Pearson Active Readers.