Teacher Question: I know you say students learn more when taught with grade level texts than texts at their reading levels. That may be true but won’t frustrating kids like that make them hate reading? Shanahan responds: I don’t want to undermine anybody’s motivation or love of reading. Though reading experts have long labeled some texts as “frustration level,” I hope you won’t take that moniker too literally. To be fair, your concern does seem justified according to some studies. For instance, middle school students say that when texts are difficult, th...