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Reading Counts! Claims and Counterclaims
The purpose of this article on Reading Counts! is threefold: 1. To briefly summarize the basics of the Reading Counts! (RC) independent reading management program 2.…
Reading Incentive Ideas
As an M.A. reading specialist, I have served in elementary, middle school, high school, and community college settings. Getting kids and adults to put down their…
Level Books with Word Recognition
Much better to affirm parental judgment in terms of which books are challenging for their own children. Even much better to equip students with self-selection of…
Schoolwide Independent Reading Program
As an MA reading specialist, author, and frequent blogger on independent reading, I am constantly receiving posts and emails regarding the Accelerated Reading™ program. I frequently joke…
Free Independent Reading Resources
Find relevant articles, free resources, and teaching tips regarding how to develop an effective independent reading program in this collection from the Pennington Publishing Blog.
How to Determine Reading Levels
Degrees of Reading Power (DRP)? Fleish-Kincaid? Lexiles? Accelerated Reader ATOS? Reading Recovery Levels? Fry’s Readability? John’s Basic Reading Inventory? Standardized test data? Each of these measures…
The 18 Reasons Not to Use Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a simple software concept that was at the right time (late 1980s) and right place (public schools during a transition from whole…
How to Select Books for Independent Reading
Teachers, students, and parents recognize the importance of independent reading. No thinking activity better builds content knowledge, improves vocabulary, or exposes the learner to the world…