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Accelerated Reader®
and Reading Is Fundamental® 
Character Education Partnership, and Scholastic Reading 
Counts® 
 
Accelerated 
Readerâ 
    
Accelerated Readerâ is an extremely popular reading program that helps school 
children get excited and challenged about books.  This program is used in over 45,000 schools. A library 
journal publisher said that receiving their endorsement was like getting the 
“Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.”  
It is a major accomplishment for a publisher to receive this endorsement for 
their books.     
     
Reading Is Fundamentalâ 
Reading Is Fundamentalâ  (RIF) is the nation’s largest children’s and family 
literacy organization.  RIF, with an 
expected 360,000 community volunteers of parents, teachers, librarians, and 
others, will provide books and literacy resources to over 5 million children and 
their families. 
      
See: http://www.rif.org 
Character Education Partnership
Character Education Partnership
(CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of over 100 organizations, such as NEA, AFT, 
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Association for 
Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National PTA. 
CEP is dedicated to the idea that character and education are natural 
partners in helping children become ethical, responsible adults.  
    See: 
http://www.character.org 
 
Scholastic Reading Countsâ
Scholastic Reading Counts®
is a reading motivation and management software program to entice students to 
read independently.  It simplifies 
teaching, motivates reading, and provides flexibility for students.  
Scholastic Reading Counts® is a subsidiary of Scholastic, the leading publisher 
and distributor of children's books in the English language.  (They are 
still processing the books. 
    See: 
http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/readingcounts/index.htm 
 
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