Every school needs to establish a schoolwide program for encouraging independent reading. To support a high volume of student reading, libraries need extensive collections marked and categorized by reading level. The Reading Task Force recommended 1500 titles per classroom.
Assessment guides the selection process.
Children can write reviews of books for the library, complete cloze paragraphs on their books, participate in short conferences about their books, or participate in group discussions in a book club to show that they have read and comprehended their books.