The Kansas State Department of Education partnered with Renaissance
Learning to launch a new web-based book-searching tool, which will
assist parents and educators in matching students to appropriate
books. The website, called Kansas All Books Connect (Kansas ABC)
was created with the purpose of putting the “right book in the right
hands at the right time.”
With this program, each student’s score on the Kansas State
Reading Assessment (3rd, 4th, and 5th
graders) will be linked to an individual grade reading range, making
it easier to find suitable books for the student. In addition to
using assessment scores, the search feature allows a student to find
books matching his or her interest level in both English and
Spanish.
The Kansas All Book Connect website was launched on Tuesday,
October 14, 2008. For additional information or questions regarding
the Kansas ABC Program, please contact Jeannette Nobo at
785-296-3047.