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I am a high school drama teacher. My daughter is a high A student in 3rd grade. Her AR levels are 3.6-4.6. She tends to enjoy books on the higher ned of her levels. Her AR tests almost always are 80% or below, more often they are 60%. Why would this be? It is affecting her confidence in herself.
lu On 4/30/10, lu wrote: > I am a high school drama teacher. My daughter is a high A > student in 3rd grade. Her AR levels are 3.6-4.6. She > tends to enjoy books on the higher ned of her levels. Her > AR tests almost always are 80% or below, more often they > are 60%. Why would this be? It is affecting her > confidence in herself. I...See More
Apr 30, 2010
Ima Teacher It's not all that uncommon for upper-level readers to struggle with AR. Often their ZPD ranges put them in books that are outside of their maturity level. I have many 7th grade students who read on college level. They have a really hard time finding books in their ZPD range (5.0-13.0) that are appropriate for kids their age. Often the subject matte...See More
Apr 30, 2010
Here's my advice She should look for books on the lower end of her level so she can get higher scores and boost her self esteem, Then she can work her way back up to the higher level books after several successful scores in the lower end of her level.

On 4/30/10, lu wrote: > On 4/30/10, lu wrote: >> I am a high school drama teacher. My daughter is...See More
May 1, 2010
lu Thank you so much! I moved her down to shorter books on the lower to mid end of her level, and it did boost her confidence, eventhough the books were not necessarily what she loves to read, they were a quick enough read that she did not get bored reading them. So, this round she took a bunch of 0.5 and 1.0 tests and made it to her goal with time to...See More
May 18, 2010


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