Scholastic Reading Counts! is based on years of reading research that shows that students who read more achieve more. At Rancho, Scholastic Reading Counts! gets our students reading on their own and provides an easy way to manage and assess their independent reading.

Reading Great Books

Students do best when they are matched to books that suit their interest and/or reading level. Scholastic Reading Counts! offers many ways to guide students to the best books:

Assessing Effectively

Research also shows that when students are routinely asked about what they've read, their reading achievement improves significantly.  We use Scholastic Reading Counts! as a way to ask students regularly and effectively about whatever they are reading. Each quiz is randomly generated from a bank of 30 questions that test reading comprehension and vocabulary, including a variety of literacy skill areas. Students receive immediate feedback on their performance. If they do not pass a quiz, they have up to two more opportunities to review their book and re-take a quiz with newly generated questions.