It's probably a common problem that parents struggle with- what level of book should my child be reading? The school caps their assessments at one grade-level above the student's current grade, so it's not very valuable. I actually have a background in education and reading specifically, so I know that there is no easy answer to the question. There are sometimes variables in fiction vs. nonfiction, comprehension, inferencing skills, written comprehension skills etc. I could determine my child's reading level, or a rough approximation, if I had access to the assessments used at school, but I'm not teaching currently, and he's now above the level I used to teach.
I noticed I could possibly use reading a-z to get access to texts and running records. Has anyone used it? Does anyone else have a program, or resource they'd recommend for determining reading level? I'm looking for something more than reading a list of 10 words, which really only tests decoding.
