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href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/morris" style="" >Morris Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="oldest given children's award in the US, most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/newbery-medal" style="" >Newbery Medal </a></li><li class=""><a title="literary excellence in young adult literature" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/printz" style="" >Printz Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="disability experience for child and adolescent audiences" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/schneider" style="" >Schneider Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="informational book published in the United States in English" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/sibert" style="" >Sibert Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="new African American author/illustrator of children's books" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/steptoe" style="" 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Boyd Literary Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="best nonfiction book published for young adults" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/ya-nonfiction" style="" >Young Adult Nonfiction Award </a></li></ul></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/children" ><span>For Children</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/YA-teens" ><span>Young Adults/Teens</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/adults" ><span>Adults</span></a></li><li class="active"><a title="" class="active" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/leveled-reading" ><span>Leveled Reading</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/professional-resources" ><span>Librarian/Professional Resources</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/c.php?g=488238&p=3530814" ><span>Celebrating Diversity</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="s-lg-guide-tabs-title-bar" class="container s-lib-side-borders"></div>  <div id="s-lg-guide-main" class="container s-lib-main s-lib-side-borders" tabindex="-1"> <div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-126" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes s-lg-box-special"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12220295" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12220295"><div id="s-lg-box-10368608-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10368608" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">ALA's Resources on Guided or Leveled Reading</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10368608" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-21363446" class=" clearfix"> <p>Both ALA’s American Association of School Librarians (AASL, a division of ALA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) have registered concerns in using such programs, pointing out the limitations and presumptions inherent in them, in determining what children of a certain age "should" read. Perhaps the most well-known of these programs for "leveled books" and "guided reading" are Accelerated Reader by Renaissance Learning and the Lexile Framework for Reading.</p> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"></span></p> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24112617" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478975" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/resources/statements/labeling" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478975',_st_inc_return: this});">AASL Position Statement on labeling books with reading levels</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478975" class="s-lg-link-desc">The position statement adopted by the American Association of School Librarians (a division of ALA) in 2011.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478759" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/qa-labeling" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478759',_st_inc_return: this});">ALA QA on labeling and rating systems</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478759" class="s-lg-link-desc">Questions and answers from the American Library Assocation about labeling and rating systems of books in libraries.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478798" class=""><span><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/08/leveling-and-libraries/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478798',_st_inc_return: this});">ALSCblog post on leveling and libraries</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478798" class="s-lg-link-desc">A blog post written by a former librarian at the New York Public Library.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21479040" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretation/labeling-systems" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21479040',_st_inc_return: this});">Labeling Systems: An interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21479040" class="s-lg-link-desc">Adopted in 2015 by the ALA Council.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21479052" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/rating-systems" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21479052',_st_inc_return: this});">Rating Systems: An interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21479052" class="s-lg-link-desc">Adopted in 2015 by the ALA Council.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21479193" class=""><span><a href="http://ala13.ala.org/files/ala13/UnderstandingLevelingHandout.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21479193',_st_inc_return: this});">Understanding Leveling Systems</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21479193" class="s-lg-link-desc">a handout from the ALA Annual Conference in 2013</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-8"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12288815" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12288815"><div id="s-lg-box-10425987-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10425987" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Additional Resources for Understanding Guided Reading</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10425987" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-21496432" class=" clearfix"> <p><em>School Library Journal</em>, April 2006 "Labelling and Rating Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights from ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom" (excerpt)</p> <blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); "> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px;">''I would like to organize sections of the library using reading level designations, such as those supplied by Accelerated Reader. Is this okay?''<br /> While knowing the reading level of a book can assist library users, organizing a library via these labels can pose a psychological barrier for users who do not know their reading level. Many will feel that they should not utilize those resources. Users who do know their reading level may feel compelled to only select resources from their reading level. This will result in users not utilizing the full scope of the library collection.</span></p> </blockquote> </div><div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24129975" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21479015" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol8/SLMR_AcceleratedReading_V8.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21479015',_st_inc_return: this});">Accelerated Reading from SLMR</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21479015" class="s-lg-link-desc">A PDF of an article published in 2005 in School Library Media Research journal that provides an overview of research findings and papers regarding Accelerated Reader.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496715" class=""><span><a href="http://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/common-core-watch/2013/common-core-v-the-false-promise-of-leveled-literacy-programs.html" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496715',_st_inc_return: this});">Common Core v. the false promise of leveled literacy programs</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496715" class="s-lg-link-desc">Written by Kathleen Porter-Magee, a Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478844" class=""><span><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2015/03/leveling-and-labeling-an-interview-with-pat-scales/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478844',_st_inc_return: this});">Leveling and Labeling: An Interview with Pat Scales</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478844" class="s-lg-link-desc">Written by a retired middle/high school librarian, and who has been actively involved in the Intellectual Freedom Committee of ALA.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478095" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ncte.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478095',_st_inc_return: this});">National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478095" class="s-lg-link-desc">The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478722" class=""><span><a href="http://www.slj.com/search-results/?q=leveled%20reading" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478722',_st_inc_return: this});">School Library Journal articles on guided reading</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478722" class="s-lg-link-desc">A search listing of SLJ articles on both the advantages and disadvantages of the programs.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-4"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12288804" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12288804"><div id="s-lg-box-10425978-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10425978" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Guided Reading programs</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10425978" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24129877" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478249" class=""><span><a href="http://www.renlearn.com/ar" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478249',_st_inc_return: this});">Accelerated Reader</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478249" class="s-lg-link-desc">AR is a computer program that helps teachers and librarians manage and monitor children鈥檚 independent reading practice.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21478305" class=""><span><a href="http://www.lexile.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21478305',_st_inc_return: this});">Lexile Framework for Reading</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21478305" class="s-lg-link-desc">A way to match readers with text using a proprietary scale that measures the level of challenge.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496607" class=""><span><a href="http://www.fountasandpinnellleveledbooks.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496607',_st_inc_return: this});">Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Books</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496607" class="s-lg-link-desc">Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell and uses a detailed alphabetic system to rate books within a grade level</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496618" class=""><span><a href="http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS2rY2&PMDBSOLUTIONID=&PMDBSITEID=2781&PMDBCATEGORYID=&PMDBSUBSOLUTIONID=&PMDBSUBJECTAREAID=&PMDBSUBCATEGORYID=&PMDbProgramId=74857" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496618',_st_inc_return: this});">Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496618" class="s-lg-link-desc">DRA is a kit of leveled books and standardized achievement tests put together and sold by the educational company, Pearson.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12289052" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12289052"><div id="s-lg-box-10426175-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10426175" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Comparison Charts for Leveled or Guided Reading Programs</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10426175" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24130411" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496773" class=""><span><a href="http://www.eduplace.com/marketing/leveledreaders/pdf/teachers/conversion.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496773',_st_inc_return: this});">Leveled for Success</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496773" class="s-lg-link-desc">compares Guided Reading, Reading Recovery, DRA, Lexile and Grade levels</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496780" class=""><span><a href="http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/reading-level-conversion-chart.html" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496780',_st_inc_return: this});">Reading level conversion chart</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496780" class="s-lg-link-desc">compares Developmental Category, Grade Level, Guided Reading (numeric and alphabetic) and Lexile</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21496793" class=""><span><a href="http://www.slcolibrary.org/kidzone/kzgrwn/pdf/readinglevelcompchart.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21496793',_st_inc_return: this});">Reading Grade-Level Comparison Chart</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21496793" class="s-lg-link-desc">compares Grade Level, Guided Reading, Basal, Degrees of Reading Power, Reading Recovery, DRA and Lexile</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-127" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"></div></div></div> <ul id="s-lg-page-prevnext" class="pager s-lib-hide"><li class="previous"><a href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/adults"><< <strong>Previous:</strong> Adults</a></li><li class="next"><a href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/professional-resources"><strong>Next:</strong> Librarian/Professional Resources >></a></li></ul></div>   <div id="s-lib-footer-public" class="s-lib-footer footer container s-lib-side-borders"> <div id="s-lg-guide-header-meta" 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