Yes, I agree with you about the testing for AR. It's a quick 10 minute vocabulary test, and it's only an estimate of reading level. My 3rd grader scored 6.0, but she reads some higher AR level books with good understanding. It really made me angry when the school used her STAR test score as an achievement test score for GT testing, though. I don't have a problem with the school's using the test for placement in reading groups or for an estimate of reading level, but I don't think it should be a part of GT assessment at all. Thoughts?
In general, I don't censor what my kids read. Unfortunately, my girls have learned some bad language from school/daycare already. Last weekend, they asked me the meanings of two different curse words, one of which they saw on a greeting card at Target. Sad, huh?
