reading competitions

[Louisa McAulliffe <lmcaulliffe@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I am currently working in a middle school that is populated with low
readers.  We have done much at our school to try and improve this but every
year our test scores go down.  My principal has jumped on the band wagon and
wants the students to do everything from Accelerated Reader to Battle of the
Books (an event that the public library and schools put together that
requires participating students to read over 30 books.  They are then tested
on the books).  This is also encouraged from his higher-ups.  I personally
am against this competitive reading, but have not been able to approach him
with alternatives.  I would love to hear what other media specialists are
doing.  Thank you.

Louisa McAulliffe
Hawthorne M.S., Charlotte, NC
lmcaulliffe@hotmail.com

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