Do teachers see Accelerated Reader progress made during the summer holidays?

[Nomdemare]

My DD age 6 worked her socks off over the summer holidays. We bought Biff, Chip & Kipper book bundles and ploughed through these, also doing the AR quizzes as proof of having read them. She read 33 books over the summer and reached level 3.4. This was all recorded online in AR
Now back at school and she has been placed back on level 2.2 (where she finished the summer term), but no acknowledgment or mention by the teacher of the summer holiday achievement. Just…nothing.

Are teachers able to see progress made during holidays on individual child AR scores ?
I just don’t understand why this hasn’t been positively commented on.

Not sure what to think about the reading level staying the same as it was at the end of the summer term, though I’m inclined to think reading for its own sake is a ‘good thing’, so I can live with that.

However; given that we started the summer holiday doing the Book Challenge and she was so proud of herself for having read 33 books and completed the AR tests for each, it’s slightly deflating for none of the effort to be recognised.
thank you

The new teacher would be going off the info and levels from the last teacher. You might need to mention that you’ve read so much (I’m not sure it’s that common that it would be expected) and ask for your child to be reassessed.

Thank you. I did wonder that it was simply a handover from the previous teacher.
I sat with DD each day to listen to her read and make sure that she had done the AR test.

Our children did their ‘STAR’ test when they came back and we gave them their new AR levels from that. AR levels are usually a range though; not a single number.

Your child’s AR range is set by the STAR assessment they take. The teachers themselves don’t set it. (If they are doing it properly)

I don't think teachers do get to see scores previous to the current academic year. At my school, each class is migrated to a new class as a whole at the beginning of September, and anything prior to that is marked as archived. So we can't see what scores the children got before they started the new class.
Not only that, teachers will only be able see specified classes, usually their own and maybe a parallel class, although this depends on how it has been set up.
Your DD's current teacher will normally only be able to see what she has read from Sept 26, and she should get a new Star reading assessment this half term.
But I would be concerned if a teacher was placing to much emphasis on the AR scores, they should be using their own judgement too.
I would mention to the teacher how much you think she has progressed. And then let her read whatever books she wants to.

Our school doesnt use this system, but it is always worth gently telling them if somehing seems odd. DD started reading chapter books at school at xmas in y1; at the start of y2, they gave her a phonics book which bored her to death. One quick, gentle note to the TA, and a check in on her reading, and she was back to being a free reader.

School staff are only human, ans sometimes miss things.

it’s slightly deflating for none of the effort to be recognised

… and that’s exactly the problem with external motivators. All the research shows that when anyone something to get a reward or avoid a punishment, the focus is on the external outcome and interest not only drops away but leaves the person with less interest in the activity than they had before.

Talk with her about the books, which ones she enjoyed and why, which ones you like and why and what sort of books she would like to read next. If she like reading it should be for herself

Just go and speak to her teacher. Tell them how hard she’s worked and ask them to check if she’s ready to move up.