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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

Lexile reading is for sixth grade. They still read, though, in 9th grade. My daughter's class read "Romeo and Juliet" this year and are finishing "To Kill a Mockingbird" together. Much of this is for comprehension at this point. This is Honors English and I agree that they are reading mostly below what my daughter can read.

In Middle School here, there is an English and Reading class. In high school, it is just called English.