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Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

In 1991, while excavating beneath the streets of lower Manhattan, archaeologists... Read more

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Joyce Hansen
Joyce
Hansen
Gary
McGowan

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About the Book

  • Year Published: 1998
  • Word Count: 21,283

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Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground

by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan

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Lexile Level: 1200L   |    ATOS® Reading Level: 8.7   |    Word Count: 21,283

Grade Band Lexile® ATOS® Degrees of Reading Power® Flesch-Kincaid Fountas & Pinnell Reading Maturity SourceRater
2-3 420L-820L 2.75-5.14 42-54 1.98-5.34 I-P 3.53-613 0.05-2.48
4-5 740L-1010L 4.97-7.03 52-60 4.51-7.72 O-V 5.42-7.92 0.84-5.75
6-8 925L-1185L 7.00-9.98 57-67 6.51-10.34 U-Z 7.04-9.57 4.11-10.66
9-10 1050L-1335L 9.67-12.01 62-72 8.32-12.12 Z+ 8.41-10.81 9.02-13.93
11-12 1185L-1385L 11.20-14.10 67-74 10.34-14.20 Z+ 9.57-12.00 12.30-14.50
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Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]


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1. National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. "Supplemental Information for Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: New Research on Text Complexity," Common Core State Standards Initiative (2014): 4. Accessed August 8, 2014, http://www.corestandards.org/assets/E0813_Appendix_A_New_Research_on_Text_Complexity.pdf.

2. Adapted from the CCSSO's ELA State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards, and the text complexity rubrics used by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction ELA Team.

3. Lexile® is a trademark of MetaMetrics. Used under license.

4. ATOS® is a trademark of Renaissance Learning, Inc. Used under license.