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So What Are Students Reading?

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Renaissance Learning has recently released the fifth edition of What Kids Are Reading: The Book Reading Habits of Students in American Schools.  This information was gathered from students in grades 1-12.  Results from this research have been made available online in both a summary format, as well as the full report.

In addition, the website provides a host of other resources including:

  • Report inforgraphic in PDF
  • Top 40 list of Accelerated Reading (AR) books selected by students
  • Top 25 Spanish Books
  • Required high school reading from 1907 to 2012
  • Caldecott and Newbery award winners, 1922 to Present

And, much more. Click here to enter the Renaissance Learning website to view the report findings and additional resources.