All Titles are Part of
Accelerated Reader®
and Reading Is Fundamental®
Character Education Partnership, and Scholastic Reading
Counts®
Accelerated
Readerâ
Accelerated Readerâ is an extremely popular reading program that helps school
children get excited and challenged about books. This program is used in over 45,000 schools. A library
journal publisher said that receiving their endorsement was like getting the
“Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.”
It is a major accomplishment for a publisher to receive this endorsement for
their books.
Reading Is Fundamentalâ
Reading Is Fundamentalâ (RIF) is the nation’s largest children’s and family
literacy organization. RIF, with an
expected 360,000 community volunteers of parents, teachers, librarians, and
others, will provide books and literacy resources to over 5 million children and
their families.
See: http://www.rif.org
Character Education Partnership
Character Education Partnership
(CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of over 100 organizations, such as NEA, AFT,
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National PTA.
CEP is dedicated to the idea that character and education are natural
partners in helping children become ethical, responsible adults.
See:
http://www.character.org
Scholastic Reading Countsâ
Scholastic Reading Counts®
is a reading motivation and management software program to entice students to
read independently. It simplifies
teaching, motivates reading, and provides flexibility for students.
Scholastic Reading Counts® is a subsidiary of Scholastic, the leading publisher
and distributor of children's books in the English language. (They are
still processing the books.
See:
http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/readingcounts/index.htm
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