Does your school have the Renaissance AR program? I have taught with and without the program and have to say I really like having it as an extra tool to measure my kids independent reading comprehension. The year I didn't have it, I found myself struggling to assess and hold my student accountable for the just right books I was asking them to read each day. Plus the goal setting option is a big motivator for even struggling students because it usually means there's a prize involved. If you are unfamiliar with AR, it begins with a reading test which is adaptive to the student responses. The test for my primary age students is about 36 questions, however, if the student gets three of the practice problems wrong at the beginning they are prompted to end the test. So your early readers may not score until they can read a bit. It typically takes about 30+ minutes, depending on the kiddo to take the test. If they are getting the answers correct, the...