What Kids Are Reading 2024 Vocabulary Flashcards

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key terms, educational metrics, and programmatic features detailed in the Renaissance 'What Kids Are Reading' 2024 report.

Renaissance

The educational technology company, Renaissance Learning, Inc., that publishes the 'What Kids Are Reading' report and provides products like Accelerated Reader and myON.

Prompt engineering

The skill of crafting and honing questions to elicit the best response from artificial intelligence (AI), described as an essential part of the future workforce toolkit.

Incidental vocabulary learning

A process where students develop literacy skills and build background knowledge by actively making meaning with known and unknown words they encounter while reading.

ATOS Readability Formula

A measurement system that estimates text difficulty on a grade-level scale based on average sentence length, word length, and word-difficulty level.

Lexile measure

A value that evaluates a book’s reading level by measuring text characteristics such as sentence length and word difficulty, ranging from below $0L$ to above $1600L$.

Student Growth Percentile (SGP)

A score ranging from $1$ to $99$ that compares a student’s reading growth with academic peers nationwide.

Trip Steps

The most demanding skills students encounter while learning to read, which are identified to help teachers prioritize essential literacy instruction.

Signature Books

Titles where the reading popularity in a specific state was in greatest contrast to the book’s nationwide ranking.

Interest level

Recommendations from publishers regarding the sophistication and maturity level of a text’s content, ideas, and themes.

LG

An interest level designation for Lower Grades, typically representing content appropriate for students in grades $K-3$.

MG

An interest level designation for Middle Grades, typically representing content appropriate for students in grades $4-8$.

MG+

An interest level designation for Middle Grades Plus, typically representing content appropriate for students in grades $6$ and up.

UG

An interest level designation for Upper Grades, typically representing content appropriate for students in high school, grades $9-12$.

Accelerated Reader

A reading program that tracks student comprehension of books through quizzes and provides database-led insights for personalized goals.

myON

A student-centered digital literacy platform providing unlimited access to a large library of enhanced digital books and reading tools.

Futuristic Finds

A curated list of forward-looking books on topics such as technology and artificial intelligence designed to inspire student innovation.

15+ minutes

The specific duration of daily reading practice identified by research as the threshold for making substantial strides in reading achievement.

Star Reading

A standardized assessment used to determine if students are meeting reading benchmarks and to measure achievement growth.

Julianne Robar

The Senior Director Metadata & Product Interoperability at Renaissance and a fellow in the inaugural EdSAFE AI Alliance's Women in AI cohort.

Authentic Spanish Literature

A curated section of the report featuring books that allow students to see their own lives and cultures reflected while learning about different traditions.