What is wrong with reading levels, and what can we do about it? As teachers, we are desperate to see our students' reading achievement accelerate! We want to assess our kids as quickly as we can, so we will know how to teach them at their instructional match and get them progressing. BUT...a common issue in our teaching culture is that we assess kids just by using reading levels, and then we make instructional decisions based on that. That turns out to be a tough trick. Reading levels are useful