In August 2026 the current scoring standard took effect: a named rater, the whole instrument, and a receipt of the component judgments. Earlier-workflow scores that do not meet that standard are labeled legacy until a named rater re-verifies them. This page is the live status of that work.
Across the whole catalog, 2,608 titles, adult and children's together. Counts generated 2026-09-28 from the same data that powers our public score feed (tvi-scores.json), so this page is never out of date by hand. Re-verification starts with the children's catalog, then the titles readers use most.
A verified score is one produced under the current standard: a named rater completed all thirteen sub-metric judgments (and the five SEL competencies on children's titles) before consulting any AI candidate, consensus figure, or prior score; the viewing basis is declared; the component judgments are locked in a receipt; AI's role in the session, if any, is recorded. Prior familiarity and joint-session status are recorded separately, not presented as independent-rater reliability.
A legacy score is one published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026, and reviewed and approved by a founder against the methodology. It has not yet been verified under the current standard. Records vary by title; a preserved receipt alone does not establish that the current standard was followed. Legacy scores stay visible and still order our ranked lists, and every one of those surfaces says so. They are replaced title by title as re-verification reaches them.
A retired score is one we withdrew rather than replaced. The number comes off the site and the history stays on the title's page. This is different from changing a score, where the title keeps a current number and the old one stays in the record. More about the three classes →
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