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online reading test
15/f sophomore. I have an A in my English class, and I get good grades in things associated with it. Our teacher makes us go on a website, to help out with our reading. It's supposed to test our reading speed. I took the placement test and got an extremely low score. A 4.5 out of like 10. And the weird thing is that my speed is 240 words per minute. I just can't seem to understand at a fast pace. I'm a careful, slow reader. The way the test went was: There was a paragraph...a story...and you had to read it. After a certain amount of time, the lines would disappear and you would run out of time to read the whole thing. I can't understand what I read SO effing quickly...and now, I have a low reading score/level to base my other results with. This is so degrading. :( Do people have to read fast or something? Do you think it's fair?.. =(
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It's not about speed. It's about accuracy and understanding fully what you read without stumbling or trouble. Taking your time is a good thing but if you are too slow or take a long time to read a paragraph or too it suggests there is a slight problem.
Tell your teacher how you feel with getting A's and this low score all the time. Let him/her know you're slow, careful and understand the material and do not see why you have to read something so fast. See what he/she says to do.
I wouldn't worry too much because your grades are showing that you understand the material and what you are reading in class.
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I'd approach your teacher/instructor and tell him/her that you're wonderful at English, but you're the type to take your time. Seriously, they might actually listen and take in what you say.
I'm very much like you, I read quickly, but for some odd reason, I read every line twice. I'm in advanced classes, but for each test I'm the last person to hand mine in. It's not saying that you're not efficient enough, it just says you need a little more time to understand the whole reading.
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i reccomend you try readingsoft.com/
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