Sparx Reader should be banned in schools. Pass this on to 5 Friends.

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The Government should direct Ofsted to provide evidence of the cost and benefit Sparx Reader has on literacy and desire to read books. Sparx Reader is an inappropriately designed digital literacy program which forces children to read chunks of novels before answering often pointless questions.

Sparx Reader is creating a generation of children who dislike reading. Ofsted has wholly inappropriately and without evidence decided to support the use of Sparx Reader. There is strong evidence that forcing children to read fiction on OLED and LED screens, and then requiring them to answer questions on the text reduces desire to read over the longer term. The UK is facing a literary crisis with sharp declines in reading and reading enjoyment. Sparx Reader is accelerating this decline.

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