Comments on: Late Night With Jan Harayda — How to Find Out How Dumbed-Down a Book Really Is http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/late-night-with-jan-harayda-how-to-find-out-how-dumbed-down-a-book-really-is/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/late-night-with-jan-harayda-how-to-find-out-how-dumbed-down-a-book-really-is/#comment-7401 Sat, 02 May 2009 04:56:51 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=10349#comment-7401 Still glad to have your perspective, though, because I had a chance to check only a sampling of the books on it. And parents seem so interested in this topic.

I did that post partly because nearly every day visitors come to this site looking for reading material for a specific grade level. So I know they’ll be interested in what you and other librarians or teachers have to say. Thanks!

]]> By: speedytexaslibrarian http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/late-night-with-jan-harayda-how-to-find-out-how-dumbed-down-a-book-really-is/#comment-7400 Sat, 02 May 2009 02:53:04 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=10349#comment-7400 Sorry I didn’t mention AR to you before – I’ve worked with it since at least 1997. You are correct about it focusing “on books schools might use” because the market for their software IS schools. They don’t provide reading levels for most adult books since they’re not likely to be able to sell many tests for those to schools.

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