reading comprehention...why did they time us "70"s students??

Question

what a way to destact a student!!! currently reading"bleak house" charles dickens.funny,sarcastic,philosophical,political etc. certainly could not be under a clock to comprehend it.

Answer 1

Timed reading tests won't, I think, ever disappear. But when you learn how to scan correctly and after you practice it enough, you can achieve great scores on those tests - without ever even reading the passage on which the questions are based.
There are "tricks" to scanning, and when you know how to use them, you can achieve both rapid times and very accurate responses.
The way you "read" times reading tests is very specialized and has nothing to do with how you read for pleasure. However, it is a useful skill that can come in handy in other areas as well, for example in researching on the Net.

Answer 2

I do remember speed reading drills in junior high particularly...and as good a reader as I was and am...they were never high on my list...although they were better than speed math drills. I never could understand why it was such a big deal to be able to do anything in that big a hurry. I can understand timing standardized tests I suppose, because most tests are timed in high school and college. But especially with tests I think more mistakes are made by going too quickly than by going slowly or normally.

If reading is really about the journey (and I think it is) why would you want to race through it furiously just so you can say "I win. I finished first."

Answer 3

Students today are still timed -- think SATs and ACTs, both have reading comprehension sections and both are timed. However, you're right, this is the owrst way to test students. Standardized testing really stink because it doesn't test how smart you are or what you know but rather how well you take the test.

Answer 4

they time us '06' students too.i read about 150 wpm. im on college reading level wich is hard to find in 6th grade libraries