Originally Posted by Ellipses
With the Lexile process, there are questions to answer about the books they read. Part of their grade is based on their scores on these tests.

So is the sole purpose of the class to develop reading skills? I'm just surprised that reading is a subject in 9th grade - it's long fallen by the wayside as a subject by the time kids hit middle school in the schools we are in (as well as the schools I grew up in).

Thanks for filling me in!

polarbear