Year 7 reading score

[mrsnolasco]

Hi all.
My daughter has come home today with results for a reading assessment (which I didn’t know she was having) but no information regarding what these results mean?
She says that it’s so she knows which books she’s allowed to read from the library.
Her score is 3.7-5.7.
Could anyone make sense of this for me please?
Thanks.

Sounds like Accelerated Reader. They do a Star reader test (comprehension) which gives a reading age and a suggested range of books (shown by a coloured sticker) that will be challenging enough to progress. Then they read, do a quiz on each book and gradually improve their “zone”. They will habe a point target too.
I hated it as a parent but as a teacher I quite like it.

Oh thanks for that then.
So what age would you think that her score represents?
I really hope it isn’t 3 to 5

I would guess they are using Accelerated Reader. I wouldn't expect parents to be informed when they do a reading quiz. The STAR test is a comprehension/vocabulary test done by multiple choice on a computer.

The reading range students are given should help thrm pick books that are not too easy, but not so challenging they'll struggle to get through them.

It's not a perfect system but I would encourage her to read a range of texts that she enjoys and to take a quiz after she's done a book.

The reading ranges do roughly correspond to set years in school (matched against the US system) but I've never gone through how that matches to the UK because I want the focus to be on progress not a secondary school version of 'who reads what colour books'.

Yes I understand that, I think it’s because they’ve made a big deal out of giving them the results today, but not actually telling us what they mean.
She says that most of her class have had the same score, with a couple who scored lower.
Oh well I guess if the school wanted us to know, they would have informed us.

No not 3-5.
It corresponds to US grades- so 3.5 is what a typical child could read in the fifth month of 3rd grade, which is our year 4 I think?
The tests are affected by lots of things- the questions get harder as they go through and each question is timed.
It just gives an indication of books that will help them progress.

mrsnolasco
It sounds like they've told them what they mean as in based on the reading test you should be reading books marked between X and Y.
It's fairly common not to get into much beyond that (at least nowhere I've worked that has had it).
Staff will have access to their reading ages in years and months.
All students need to do is read regularly in their range, make sure they challenge themselves and do quizzes.