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[quote=Anonymous]Good for you for taking some responsibility for your child’s education.  I feel kids aren’t receiving appropriate instruction in all subjects, but maybe that’s a story for another time.

Does she take NWEA at school? If she does, it should give a Lexile reading level.  Go to the lexile book finder website and plug in what reading level she is and select the type of books she is interested in.  It will give you a list of books within her reading level that meet her interests.  Unless your DD has a love for classics, chances are good she is reading a bunch of books that, while they may be age appropriate, are way below her reading level.  Books written in the last 10 yrs geared for tweens/teens have markedly lower reading levels and difficulty than books we grew up reading.  There are exceptions, but the lexile site helps you figure out ones that are in that range.  Also, if ordering books on Amazon, many times it will list the lexile rating in the info (where it lists the targeted appropriate ages/grades).

I’ve dove into this recently because I’ve noticed this problem too.  My 6th grader was reading books for class that seemed ridiculously simple- elementary level. I looked them up and sure enough, they had a lexile level of 300-500.  That is the equivalent of a 2nd grade level, even through the books was written for kids grades 4-7. Then I looked up books I remember reading in small groups as part of 6th grade.  These were books like Treasure Island, Julie of the Wolves, Island of the Blue Dolphin.  Their level is 850-1000.  Huge difference in literature quality being assigned and read now. 
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