To think a mistake has been made??

[katemaryandash]

My daughter is turning 9 next week and she came home from school saying she had a test with her teacher today and she got 84 questions out of 100 right and that her teacher told her she has a reading age of 13 years and 4 months.

I know they do reading age tests but last year I think hers was maybe a year above her age. AIBU in thinking there is a mistake and it's not possible she is reading at an age four years above hers?

I second this advice.

@ShadowoftheFall

they bloody well need to!

start your own business??

@katemaryandash well done DD.

however, I think the levels they use are shamefully low and done methods are meaningless. so I wouldn't put much weight in it.

if you'd like her to read more at home, I'd leave some books around that are more interesting than books aimed at 9 year olds.

do you read?

Does it really matter or mean anything though? My DD was in her own group reading the Times newspaper at 8, however as a young adult obviously “reading ages” don’t matter. She just reads! Yes she got high marks in English but has no interest in using it career wise.

It's great but I would have thought they'd need to score more than 84% to be graded with a reading age of 4 years older

I think (if it is Accelerated reading) and having 2 go through that you answer questions and the more you answer the higher your reading age as they get progressively harder.

So a YEar 1 pupil will be expected to only answer say 7 questions out of 100 whereas to get the highest you answer all 100. Then depending on how many you answer gives you the age. So 84 out of 100 makes sense as to be 13 years old

She doesn’t need to use it specifically for a career - a high level of literacy will massively enhance her life, regardless of her career choice.