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Renaissance Learning's What Kids Are Reading 2013 Report Finds Pop Culture, College Readiness, and Required Reading Influencing Students' Reading Selections WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- What do The Hunger Games, required reading lists, and state standards have in common? According to the largest annual report of its kind, all three have a huge impact on what today's students are reading. With the increased influence of popular culture, the report also finds...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning((TM)) announced today that the newest update to the Accelerated Reader((TM)) (AR((TM))) Student App for iOS includes VoiceOver support to enhance learning for visually impaired and blind students. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20001108/RENAISSANCELOGO) Introduced in 2011, the AR Student App provides educators with an option that allows students to wirelessly take AR Quizzes on their iPad(®), iPod...

Read The Most From Coast To Coast Unites Students in Shared Reading Practice Challenge WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It wasn't soccer or basketball. It wasn't band or choir. Yet, hundreds of thousands of students showed up for practice - reading practice. U.S. students set a new national record, reading 4.4 million books in the days and hours leading up to "Read The Most From Coast To Coast" on March 1. (Logo:...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning announced today the newest version of Accelerated Math--the most widely used math program in K12 schools. The new Accelerated Math Live will be available for the 2013-2014 school year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20001108/RENAISSANCELOGO) At the heart of Accelerated Math Live is the Core Progress learning progression. New content has been built from the ground up specifically designed to meet...

ARCADIA, Fla., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For a limited time I Save a Tree is offering its entire Interactive Book collection worth $10,576.45 to every public school in the USA for free **** Offer ends 3-31-13 Turn Key Offer Includes: *524 Interactive Books for all of your students and teachers to access worth $10,576.45 (Accelerated Reader© quizzes are available for most titles) *460 of the books are Bilingual (English / Spanish) & 64 of the books are English only...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a supplement to Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards, Renaissance Learning's ATOS readability formula is listed as a valid, reliable measure of text complexity as required by the Common Core State Standards. The supplement was jointly released by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association on August 15 on the corestandards.org website. (Logo:...

NEW YORK, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the release of Independent Reading Assessment: FICTION, a program created by educator and author Jennifer Serravallo that helps grades 3-5 teachers assess students during independent reading, gather precise data on student comprehension skills, and target instruction to meet the unique needs of each child. Independent reading is a key...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The newest edition of the largest study on students' book selections expands from a popular annual report on reading trends to a discussion on what kids should be reading. What Kids Are Reading 2012: The Book-Reading Habits of Students in American Schools, released today by Renaissance Learning, presents detailed information about the top 40 books read by students in grades 1-12. The report also fans the flame of debate about...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning, a leading provider of technology-based school improvement and school assessment programs, announced today that ATOS, the readability formula incorporated in the Accelerated Reader program, was found in an independent study to be a valid, reliable measure of text complexity as required by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts. (Logo:...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Students nationwide took part in "Read The Most From Coast to Coast" on March 2, shattering the record for the number of Accelerated Reader Quizzes taken in one day. The event challenged students to take more than 2,177,586 quizzes. More than 20,000 educators registered and students coast to coast took part, exceeding the national record at 12:15 p.m., CST, and taking a grand total of 3,581,992 quizzes. (Logo:...