For families, educators, and students engaged in the International Baccalaureate (IB) model, finding high-quality, rigorous, and accessible texts is a constant challenge. The IB’s emphasis on inquiry, global-mindedness, and academic rigor requires texts that push thinking and skills.
This is where Adaptive Reader offers a game-changing solution.
Meeting IB Rigor Without Leaving Students Behind
One of the most persistent tensions in IB classrooms is balancing rigor with accessibility. Teachers are tasked with guiding students through complex concepts, big ideas, and rich literature, but not every student arrives at the same starting point — especially in multilingual, multicultural IB classrooms.
Adaptive Reader bridges this gap with a unique library of high-quality texts available in three carefully leveled editions — Original, Gold, and Silver. Each version is thoughtfully adapted to preserve content integrity while adjusting vocabulary, syntax, and structure, so every student — from emerging readers to advanced learners — can engage meaningfully with the same ideas.
In addition, the suite extends access to multilingual learners, with each text available in more than thirty world languages. In the reading app or in print, readers can make use of any combination of level or language, making a total of 90+ combinations of reading levels and languages available to students within your learning community. High-quality audio is also available at each and every level and language.
Why Levels Matter in the IB Classroom:
- Promote equity without reducing rigor — All students access the same content, but at a level that lets them think deeply and participate fully.
- Support differentiated instruction — Teachers can scaffold learning effectively while maintaining consistent learning goals.
- Encourage learner agency — Students can choose the level that challenges them without overwhelming them, aligning with IB’s focus on student voice and choice.
- Enhance language acquisition and maintenance — Ideal for IB’s bilingual and multilingual pathways.
- Emphasize global learning — Students engage with texts in their home languages and additional languages, promoting deeper global competence.
- Support inclusive classrooms — All students, including those with diverse language proficiencies, can participate in whole-class conversations about big ideas.
Adaptive Reader in Action: Supporting IB Units and Themes
Whether your students are exploring global issues in the PYP Exhibition, grappling with challenging literature in the MYP Language and Literature courses, or engaging in Theory of Knowledge (TOK) inquiries, Adaptive Reader’s leveled, multilingual, and multimodal texts empower students to access, analyze, and discuss complex ideas — without limits.
Imagine offering the same rich text — say, an exploration of human rights or climate change — to every student in the room, knowing they will truly be able to engage, regardless of reading level or language background.
Final Thought: Rigor and Access — You Can Have Both
The IB model calls for deep thinking, international mindedness, and academic excellence — but no student should be left behind in the process. Adaptive Reader ensures that all students have an equal seat at the table, ready to explore, inquire, and grow.
Explore Adaptive Reader and Experience the Difference
➡️ Visit adaptivereader.com to explore the library and see how you can transform access and engagement in your IB classroom today.