I do not believe we are doing children any favors when we have sudents take up reading for the wrong reasons...for a test, for a quiz, for a grade, for a teacher, for school, for points, for prizes, for pizza parties...folks, READING *IS* THE PRIZE, it is the reward, the lifelong love of reading is the gift. In too many schools, students are limited to what they are “allowed” to read and if it’s in the AR database, for example. There is no research to support that taking reading quizzes improves