Some resources for Collection Development and Management
Starred Reviews:
TEL - Tennessee Electronic Library http://tntel.tnsos.org
- will give reviews but not tell you that they are starred reviews - you must actually click on the link to the url to the review to see if it is starred.
- TEL Shortcuts
- Research
- Gale PowerSearch
- Advanced Search
- Enter title (or part if long), author, and then from the dropdown menu "by type" - bookreview
- Booklist : accessed via TEL, otherwise subscriber only content
- lists lexile score
- does not tell if a starred review
- has filters on the right hand side of the screen to help narrow results
- Select Full text, Children's, and can select must contain images
http://www.slj.com or http://www.slj.com/tag/slj-stars-list/- SLJ - the first link
- Will show reviews but not tell you they are starred reviews unless you click on the link to read the review itself.
- VERY easy to use - just type in the title and author into the search bar, and if there is a review, it will bring it up
- SLJ Starred Reviews , the second link,
- will take you to a page where you can view all the starred reviews from each month in chronological order - a nice feature for browsing a bit at a time
- Books are divided into genres : picture books, middle grades, YA, graphic novels, non-fiction, adult books for teens, reference, audiobooks, dvds, AND music.
- Links are provided to each book review
- Verdict: nice to browse in free time, not as easy to use, esp if pressed for time
- Back issues are subscriber only content
- current issue browses as a digital copy of the magazine, in a pdf type format
Kirkus https://www.kirkusreviews.com/ or https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/
- Shows starred reviews
- searchable by category/genre
- can look up by author, title
- uses age range for picture books, over lexile
- lists read-alikes recommended by their critics on the right hand side
- has a "best of 20XX" list of starred reviews and recommended titles
MORE ON LEXILE SCORES - from the company's webpage
The tables below show the middle 50% of reader measures and text measures for each grade. The middle 50% is called the interquartile range (IQR). The lower number in each range marks the 25th percentile of readers or texts and the higher number in each range marks the 75th percentile of readers or texts. It is important to note that 25% of students and texts in the studies had measures below the lower number and 25% had measures above the higher number. Data for the reader measures came from a national sample of students.
Typical Reader Measures, by Grade
| Grade | Reader Measures, Mid-Year 25th percentile to 75th percentile (IQR) |
| 1 | Up to 280L |
| 2 | 230L to 580L |
| 3 | 360L to 720L |
| 4 | 480L to 830L |
| 5 | 620L to 950L |
| 6 | 690L to 1020L |
| 7 | 780L to 1090L |
| 8 | 820L to 1140L |
| 9 | 880L to 1170L |
| 10 | 920L to 1200L |
| 11 | 940L to 1210L |
| 12 | 950L to 1220L |
Typical Text Measures, by Grade
|
Grade |
Text Demand Study 2009 25th percentile to 75th percentile (IQR) |
2012 CCSS Text Measures* |
| 1 | 230L to 420L | 190L to 530L |
| 2 | 450L to 570L | 420L to 650L |
| 3 | 600L to 730L | 520L to 820L |
| 4 | 640L to780L | 740L to 940L |
| 5 | 730L to 850L | 830L to 1010L |
| 6 | 860L to 920L | 925L to 1070L |
| 7 | 880L to 960L | 970L to 1120L |
| 8 | 900L to 1010L | 1010L to 1185L |
| 9 | 960L to 1110L | 1050L to 1260L |
| 10 | 920L to 1120L | 1080L to 1335L |
| 11 and 12 | 1070L to 1220L | 1185L to 1385L |
- Lexile https://www.lexile.com/about-lexile/grade-equivalent/grade-equivalent-chart/
Lexile sometimes uses a two letter code as well, in addition to their number system. For more information on that visit : https://lexile.com/about-lexile/lexile-codes/
Some schools use a different company - Accelerated Reader (AR) which uses an ATOS score
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