Videos & Guides | Total Reader

Play Now	Title	Description

	Students: Create an Account 48 seconds	Learn how to create your new account in just a few steps!
	Students: Purchase License or Redeem a Code 45 seconds	Learn how to purchase a license or redeem a code from a teacher or parent.
	Students: Join a group 23 seconds	Learn how to join a group from a teacher or parent.
	Students: Take a Passage 1 min 30 seconds	Learn how easy it is to complete a passage in Total Reader!
	Student: Change Your Grade 16 seconds	Learn how to change your grade level.
	Students: Meet Your Dashboard 1 min 10 seconds	Meet the new Student Dashboard!
	Educators: Create an Account 36 seconds	Learn how to create your new account in just a few steps!
	Educators: Purchase Licenses 43 seconds	Learn how to purchase licenses on-demand.
	Educators: Share Licenses 25 seconds	Learn how to share licenses with others.
	Educators: Allocate Licenses 46 seconds	Learn how to allocate licenses to your students.
	Educators: Connect with Others 33 seconds	Learn how to connect with others to share groups or licenses.
	Educators: Invite Students and Create Groups 57 seconds	Learn how to invite students and create groups to track progress.
	Educators: Re-invite Students or Parents 28 seconds	Learn how to re-invite students or parents to your groups.
	Educator: Remove Group 14 seconds	Learn how to remove students or parents to your groups.
	Educator: Remove License 23 seconds	Learn how to remove student or parent licenses.
	Educator: Remove Student 20 seconds	Learn how to remove students from your list.
	Educator: Reset Lexile 24 seconds	Learn how to reset your student's lexile.
	Educators: Review and Edit Groups 46 seconds	Learn how to review and edit groups.
	Total Reader Overview - Summer Reading 1 min 12 seconds	Take a summer reading journey with Total Reader!
	Total Reader Overview - Educators 1 min 39 seconds	Learn how Total Reader can be integrated into your classroom!
	Total Reader Overview – Students 1 min 36 seconds	Learn more about why students love using Total Reader!
	Total Reader Overview – Parents 2 min 35 seconds	Learn how to track your child’s reading growth from home!

	What is the Lexile Framework for Reading? 6 min 29 seconds	Learn more about the basic concept and uses of the Lexile Framework for Reading.
	Lexile and Grade Level 2 min 22 seconds	Learn what an individuals Lexile measure tells us about their grade level reading ability.
	Lexile and Age Appropriateness 1 min 59 seconds	Learn what the Lexile measure of a book can tell you about it’s age appropriateness.
	Lexile and Book Selection Limitations 1 min 59 seconds	Help answer the question, “Should I be worried about the use of Lexile measures limiting what a child can read?”
	Lexile and Difficulty 3 min 43 seconds	Why do some books with high Lexile measures seem easier to read than those with lower Lexile measures?
	Lexile and Book Quality 2 min 10 seconds	What, if anything, does the Lexile measure of a book indicate about a book’s quality?

	Title	Description

	Students: Create an Account	Learn how to create your new account in just a few steps!
	Students: Purchase License or Redeem a Code	Learn how to purchase a license or redeem a licenses code from a teacher or parent.
	Students: Join a group	Learn how to join a group from a teacher or parent.
	Students: Training Guide	Helpful tips for student users to start using Total Reader!
	Students: Meet Your New Dashboard	How to use the new dashboard to track your reading progress
	Educators: Create an Account	Learn how to create your new account in just a few steps!
	Educators: Purchase Licenses	Learn how to purchase licenses on-demand.
	Educators: Share Licenses	Learn how to share licenses with others.
	Educators: Allocate Licenses	Learn how to allocate licenses to your students.
	Educators: Connect with Others	Learn how to connect with others to share groups or licenses.
	Educators: Invite Students and Create Groups	Learn how to invite students and create groups and track progress.
	Educators: Re-invite Students or Parents	Learn how to re-invite students or parents to your groups.
	Educators: Create and Edit Groups	Learn how to review and edit groups.
	Total Reader What Works Training Guide	Best practices for motivating reading growth for any content, any grade and any student!
	Total Reader Technical Guide	Learn more about how Total Reader works and its scientific-reliability.
	Learner-Centered Reading Assessment	Learn how learner-centered reading assessment engages and motivates students.
	Summer Reading Loss Fact Sheet	Learn how Total Reader has a unique ability to support summer school reading programs.

	Six Critical Shifts in Common Core	How Lexile Measures are being used in the library to achieve College and Career Readiness
	Bending the Text Complexity to Close the Gap	Research to help close the identified gap between the reading demands of high school and the postsecondary world.
	Quantifying the Reading Ability Needed for College & Career Readiness	Find out how the Lexile Framework for Reading can help quantify college and career readiness.
	The Text Complexity Continuum in Grades 1 – 12	This brief summarizes research that quantifies grade-level text complexity across grades 1 – 12.
	Bridging the Readiness Gap	Demystifying required reading levels for postsecondary pursuit.
	Bending the Reading Growth Trajectory	Instructional strategies to promote reading skills and close the readiness gap.
	What is Expected Growth?	Research outlining the expected Lexile growth of students.
	Fulfilling the Promise of the Common Core	Innovative solutions to eliminate the readiness gap in the “new normal.”
	Aligning the Journey with a Destination	A model for K-16 reading standards and research to help all students become college and career ready.
	Student Readiness for Postsecondary Options	Research around why some students who leave high school successfully may be nevertheless unprepared for the array of possibilities that face them in the postsecondary world.
	Why Do Scores Change?	Learn about the various reasons for why users may see fluctuations in their Lexile score.
	The Reading – Writing Connection	Information about how a students reading and writing abilities are complimentary and growth in one skill inevitably leads to growth in the other
	Text Complexity of English International Newspapers	An investigation into the text complexity of online English newspapers sampled from around the world
	Next-Generation Assessments	Seven principles to help guide the development of 21st century assessments.

	Title	Description

	Common Core Reading Standards	Using Total Reader to implement Common Core reading standards in the classroom.
	New Total Reader Web Site Launch	Learn about Total Reader’s updated web site and user interface.
	Aligning Student Progress to Common Core Lexile Bands	Track student progress using the latest Common Core Lexile bands.

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