While educators will agree that students should read more, there is no real agreement on how much they should be reading. We do know, though, that students who read more both at school and at home have higher average scale scores than students who don’t.

Because BOOK IT! is a reading incentive program, we recommend that reading goals be set in time and that at-home reading standards be established. Every reader, no matter what their skill level, has the same amount of time available each day. And, the fact remains that the only way to get better at reading is to do it.

The following BOOK IT! Goal Setting Guide is just that – a guide. You can mix and match from the different grade levels. You can reduce or increase the time. BOOK IT! is simple, flexible, and fun!