What are Knowledge Points?
Learn what Knowledge Points are, how students earn them, and how they can help you monitor engagement and participation in ReadTheory.
What Are Knowledge Points?
Knowledge Points (KP) are earned as students successfully complete reading passages and quizzes on ReadTheory. They provide a simple way to measure participation, progress, and engagement over time.
How Do Students Earn Knowledge Points?
Students earn Knowledge Points by completing reading activities and demonstrating comprehension through quiz performance.
As students continue reading and working through passages, their Knowledge Point totals will increase.
- +1 KP per correct answer
- +3 KP for a correct challenge question
- +15 KP for passing a quiz (70%+)
- +15 KP bonus for a perfect score
Setting a goal (e.g., 100 KP = 3–5 quizzes) is a helpful way to structure assignments. While KPs don’t unlock features, they power progress badges and printable achievement certificates.
Progress Levels:
Students level up as they earn more KPs:
👀At this time, progress levels are only visible through student accounts.
- Orienteer – 45 KP
- Tactician – 100 KP
- Analyst – 160 KP
- Innovator – 230 KP
- Naturalist – 310 KP
- Explorer – 400 KP
- Optimist – 500 KP
- Wayfarer – 625 KP
- Ascendant – 800 KP
- Chronology – 1000 KP
- Decoder – 1250 KP
- Academic – 1700 KP
- Equilibrium – 2250 KP
- Forerunner – 3000 KP
- Prodigy – 4000 KP
- Virtuoso – 5500 KP
- Starling – 7500 KP
- Rocketeer – 10,000 KP
- Theorist – 15,000 KP
How Can Teachers Use Knowledge Points?
Knowledge Points can help teachers:
- Monitor student engagement and participation
- Identify students who are consistently active on the platform
- Recognize student effort and achievement
- Encourage independent reading practice through goal setting and friendly competition
🎉 Celebrate student milestones with printable certificates.
‼️Important Note
While Knowledge Points can be a useful indicator of activity, they should be viewed alongside other reports and metrics, such as quiz scores, reading level growth, and assignment completion.
Knowledge Points are designed to reward participation and progress. They are not intended to be used as a standalone measure of reading ability or academic performance.
For a complete picture of student growth, review Knowledge Points alongside reading level, Lexile growth, quiz performance, and curriculum standards reports.