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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an educator and a parent and I for one think this is a fantastic change. I don't think reading levels ever belonged on a report card.  Our students think of themselves as a level instead of as a reader.  Could you imagine thinking you can only read certain books? I don't know about you, but sometimes I want to read dumb beach reads and other times books that really challenge me.  Taking the levels off the report card helps our children become readers not levels.  Teachers should ALWAYS communicate their level to the parent. [b]However, levels were created to help us teach children, not to dictate what a child reads.[/b]  What difference does it make if your child is reading one level above or a year above, they are above grade level readers.  I also think that good teaching is teaching the love of reading not the love of reading leveled books.[/quote]

When I go to the library with my daughter she picks books based on her interest not based on the reading level on her report card. I haven't heard of anybody denying their child access to a book based on the child reading level. On the other hand, reading level is a very good information for the parents. I think it should stay on the report card. [/quote]

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