• 🌴 𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽
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    010 months ago

    In elementary school we weren’t even allowed to check out books from the library if the teacher didn’t think we could pass the AR test because it would lower the class average.

    • Tenebris Nox
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      110 months ago

      I’ve witnessed children forced to read three or four thin “books” in an Accelerated Reader lesson so they can be tested 3-4 times to improve their “data” / test results.

      I’m HIGHLY sceptical about the quality of the data the tests produce (reading ages and some sort of AR “progress”).

      The whole idea of ACCELERATING reading of books is just repulsive and wrong. Some children (and adults) get more out of a book by simply reading at their own pace and enjoying it.