Accelerated reader levels

[Bluebell99]

Hello, my dd in year 7 has just done a test and I am wondering how the levels equate to reading age. She has been told to choose books between 5 and 11.4. Can anyone explain what reading age that is?

The numbers roughly equal school years, so she should be readin books suitable for 9 to 15 year olds, so reading age probably around 13.

Ah ok thank you.

The school will know the reading age.
11.4 is pretty high, equating to a reading age of 15 plus. Your dd should be able to choose a variety of book she enjoys.

Thank you greyvix, that's helpful.

I'm not sure if its how every school does it but in DDs school (primary) they have it all colour coded.

Anyway, dd was assessed age 9.5 as x colour which was 2 bands below books she had been reading since the age of 7 (the hobbit, morpurgo etc) which is the top group the school has. 6 months later she was in that top group and she has been told reading age of 18. For this reason I'm v sceptical!

I let her read whatever she wants in her own time, and she just reads within accelerated reader bands for school. She's currently reading lord of the rings and last night read a rainbow fairy book.

Reading should be about enjoyment and following interests!

The point of the accelerated reading scheme is that they give a reading comprehension age. DC may well be able to decode text and read the words at a higher level than they can actually accurately comprehend. The test they do is quite clever, asking a slightly harder question when they get the answer right and easier ones when they get the answer wrong which eventually smooths out to a reading level.