[LM_NET] Share: Reading Level Problems

[Brenda Lemon <blemon@473MAIL.NET>]

I am adding some test to our Reading Counts server and noticed that they have R.L. 
Stine's new series, Dangerous Girls, listed with a reading level of 2.7!  I don't 
know about you but I wouldn't want my 2nd grade son to be reading these books.  
Junior High and High School - no problem.   But second grade!  You have to be 
kidding me.  Anyway, I thought I would share this as another reason schools and 
teachers should not use the reading level as a guide or limit a child to only read 
books based on some computer program. 

Brenda Lemon
Library Director
Chapman School District
Chapman Kansas  67431
blemon@473mail.net

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