[CALIBK12] How to look up alternative reading levels if no AR test

[Stella Bloom]

A couple of months ago, I asked how to look up
alternative reading levels if there is no Accelerated
Reader test for the book.

A number of you responded.

Below is the information your provided (sorry I didn't
attribute; it would take so long to find the emails
from you all, I'd never get this info up on the
list...)

Reading Levels, how to look them up

Try going on Follett's Titlewave
> http://www.titlewave.com/login/ 
> 
> You can enable the following information by clicking
on the
> following 3 selections:
> 
> Identify Accelerated Reader Quizzes & Books 
> Our QuizCheck service will identify the AR quizzes
and
> books you already own, in addition to AR books
without
> matching quizzes or AR quizzes without matching
books.  To
> get started you will need to upload your AR Quiz
> Information.
>  
> Enable searching and viewing information
>  
>  Accelerated Reader Books and/or Quizzes
>  
>  Reading Counts Books
>  
>  Lexiled Books

> You can look up the Lexile at Lexile.com, but they
don't
> have a lot Lexiled. Scholastic owns Reading Counts,
but
> I'm not sure if they have the information available
on
> their web site. Follett Destiny has several reading
levels
> in our library program, but you have to set your
records to
> display them. I hope this helps. Karen

> Sometimes I just go on vender sites and look at the
reading
> level.  Of
> course, there is tremendous variation.  I am not
sure where
> Follett gets
> there info, but they seem to be closer than some
others.

You've already looked up the reading levels for titles
at the Renaissance Inc. (i.e., AR) website
http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_home.asp.

You may also try searching the Scholastic database for
Reading Counts levels at
http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=3D28DBD9A49D4D819AE0CF292BD92C86&subt=0&Test=NA

and the Lexile reading levels at
http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=5&tabid=67&tabpageid=313


If you type Fry Readability Graph in Google, first
thing to come up is Kathy Schrock's site. 
You can also check the readability level of a passage
using the Flesch Reading Ease and the Flesch-Kincaid
Grade Level built into the newest versions of
Microsoft® Word. In Word 2007, to display readability
statistics... 
·	Click the Microsoft Office button, click Word
Options, and click Proofing. 
·	Put a check in the box for Check grammar with
spelling. 
·	Under When correcting grammar in Word, select the
Show readability statistics check box. 
·	When Microsoft® Word finishes checking spelling and
grammar, it displays information about the reading
level of the document. 


Stella Bloom
School Library Technician
Mission Middle School
Escondido Union School District