We’ve got 3 kids still in public school and AR tests are all the rage, at least with some teachers. Those tests seem a little ridiculous to me – and they seem a little ridiculous to the kids too. It’s pretty darn easy to get a perfect score on them, they aren’t all that challenging and they aren’t actually learning anything from the testing process either. NOthing in there is challenging their thinking at all and nothing in those tests will help promote discussion amongst other students who may read the same books.
Why do they have to take silly little tests to prove they are accelerated readers, anyway? I don’t really get it at all, surely there is a better way.