We have a fantastic school librarian who seems to know all the kids, what they like, hand sells books pitched to their interest, and considers reluctant readers a challenge and enthusiastic readers a joy.
This stuff still happens at our school, because of teachers' instructions. The one time I heard the dreaded line "you can't check that out because you are in first grade" the librarian was pretty apologetic.
Val, I suspect it is all about a somewhat misplaced trust in reading assessments (which at our school don't go above grade level :o) and teachers' handling of the results.
