During the 2014–2015 school year, 9.8 million students from 31,327 US schools read over 334 million books and nonfiction articles, per data captured by Accelerated Reader 360TM. Search for the books kids read most below.
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ATOS Level
ATOS LEVEL is an estimate of the challenge
level of a text reported on a grade-level scale.
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Interest Level
Interest level refers to the sophistication/maturity of a text’s content, ideas, and themes:
LG (lower grades, K–3), MG (middle grades, 4–8), MG+ (middle grades plus, 6 and up), and UG
(upper grades, 9–12).
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ATOS LEVEL is an estimate of the challenge
level of a text reported on a grade-level scale.
level of a text reported on a grade-level scale.
Interest level refers to the sophistication/maturity of a text’s content, ideas, and themes:
LG (lower grades, K–3), MG (middle grades, 4–8), MG+ (middle grades plus, 6 and up), and UG
(upper grades, 9–12).
LG (lower grades, K–3), MG (middle grades, 4–8), MG+ (middle grades plus, 6 and up), and UG
(upper grades, 9–12).
What kids are reading.
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