Found this one on another colleagues website and had to also post it here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/books/review/Straight-t.html?_r=2
This is from the NY Times and I strongly encourage anyone who is in education to read this one!
Scott (the teacher side of him coming out)
Following are short summaries of the most common arguments made by researchers, teachers, parents, and students as to why using AR is counterproductive. Hence, The 18 Reasons Not to Use Accelerated Reader:
ReplyDeletehttp://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/the-18-reasons-not-to-use-accelerated-reader/