Collection Analysis Report

for OBOB 2019-2020 Gr. 6-8

This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.

This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.

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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas

For the 16 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.

We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.

(16 of 16 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)

English Language Arts (15 books)
Science Fiction / Fantasy (7 books)
Adventure (6 books)
Humor (4 books)
Mystery (3 books)
Realistic Fiction (3 books)
Social Studies (3 books)
Fairy Tales / Folklore (2 books)
Historical Fiction (2 books)
History (2 books)
Spanish (2 books)
Health (1 books)
Horror (1 books)
Music (1 books)
Nonfiction (1 books)
Poetry (1 books)

Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.

Quantitative Measures

For 16 of 16 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.

Lexile® Average: 756 (Range: 600 - 950)

Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk

Grade Band	Lexile^®	ATOS	Degrees of Reading Power^®	Flesch-Kincaid	Fountas & Pinnell	Reading Maturity	SourceRater
2-3	420-820	2.75-5.14	42-54	1.98-5.34	I-P	3.53-613	0.05-2.48
4-5	740-1010	4.97-7.03	52-60	4.51-7.72	O-V	5.42-7.92	0.84-5.75
6-8	925-1185	7.00-9.98	57-67	6.51-10.34	U-Z	7.04-9.57	4.11-10.66
9-10	1050-1335	9.67-12.01	62-72	8.32-12.12	Z+	8.41-10.81	9.02-13.93
11-12	1185-1385	11.20-14.10	67-74	10.34-14.20	Z+	9.57-12.00	12.30-14.50

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Key: Purple highlight represents average.

Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]

Qualitative Measures (BETA)

For 8 of 16 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.

Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges

= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values

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Meaning

Text Organization

Use of Visual Features

Conventionality

Vocabulary

Sentence Structure

Life Experience/Subject Knowledge

Cultural Knowledge/Intertextuality

Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?

Instructional Materials Summary

Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.

27 Videos
24 Book Readings
46 Lesson Plans
Total of 324 resources

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Details for Each Book

Below are the titles on Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL)'s "OBOB 2019-2020 Gr. 6-8". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QLY34PJ