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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">I thought some of you would find the article that Jean shared below useful. This is the link:
<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-minds/201702/three-myths-about-reading-levels">
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-minds/201702/three-myths-about-reading-levels</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Thanks,<br>
Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer, MLS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net [mailto:oasl-all@ola.memberclicks.net]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 07, 2017 1:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer <br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] A succinct and useful article about reading levels<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This came over LM-NET -- I find that I have to have this conversation on a regular basis, and thought others might find this article useful, too:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-minds/201702/three-myths-about-reading-levels">Three Myths About “Reading Levels”</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-minds/201702/three-myths-about-reading-levels">And why you shouldn’t fall for them…</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Feb 28, 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jean Gritter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">West Albany High School</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><a href="mailto:jean.gritter@albany.k12.or.us" target="_blank">jean.gritter@albany.k12.or.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt">"The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library." - Albert Einstein</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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