Fortunately I never had to deal with Accelerated Reader. However, in the public school where I worked, there were some teachers and administrators who wanted to level the collection. Fortunately, we librarians were able to talk them out of that.
As both a public and school librarian, I always tried to resist specific level labels on books. Labels take away that serendipitous discovery of a book that would never be found if the child were restricted just to books on his/her level. Personally, I feel that this leveling and categorizing movement leads to mediocrity. We are paid for our judgement and experience with literature among other things. These canned programs take that away. Sorry for the soapbox. It's an issue I am passionate about. Aileen Grossberg Lampert Library Congregation Shomrei Emunah Montclair, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Norm Janoff <[email protected]> To: Andrea Rapp <[email protected]>; Hasafran <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 6:44 pm Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader When I worked in the public library we had this problem all the time. Accelerated Reader doesn't seem to take into account the maturlity level of the topic or theme, but only the word and syllable counts, vocabulary, etc. It's very frustrating. Carol Janoff Temple Chai Phoenix, AZ Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:32:40 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader I'm putting the labels on the books, looking up the assigned reading levels that AR gives each book. Freefall, by Anna Levine, grade level 3.9? Ridiculous. I'd give it to kids in 6th or 7th grade at minimum. On the other hand, The Peddler's Gift/Shnook the Peddler is 5th grade level. I am really surprised at the level assignments to so many titles. Andrea Rapp __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran __ essages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author nd are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================= ubmissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] o join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: ttps://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran uestions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] a-Safran Archives: urrent: ttp://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html arlier Listserver: ttp://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html JL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org - asafran mailing list [email protected] ttps://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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