Why would a teacher lower a kid's reading material

This would be a great question to ask the teacher

Public or private?
Public schools teach to to middle to low end of the class the advanced kids get jammed up and bored because they are being taught a slower pace.
Private school breaks the kids into classes according to ability.
You cant expect the slower kids to keep up w/ the advanced kids and you can't expect to keep the advanced kids engaged when not achieving potential.

Perhaps the parents should take said child to a library so he can check out more challenging literature.

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When he is reading and comprehending 1-2 years above his grade level?

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that's it?

I’m a little confused. Are you asking/saying that it appears the school is inflating test scores by lowering the difficulty of material tested? If that’s what you’re asking - then it’s a definite yes. Ben Carson spoke on this year almost a decade ago and worth a listen if you’ve never heard it.

The kids read from books at the grade level chosen by the teacher and are tested on comprehension. The teacher said he must use books for a 3rd to 5th grade level. He is in the 5th grade and reads and understands material written for 6th to 7th grade students. She did this to my grandson and to my granddaughter who is in the 4th grade. Why lower the standards for children that excel?

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The kids read from books at the grade level chosen by the teacher and are tested on comprehension. The teacher said he must use books for a 3rd to 5th grade level. He is in the 5th grade and reads and understands material written for 6th to 7th grade students. She did this to my grandson and to my granddaughter who is in the 4th grade. Why lower the standards for children that excel?

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Sounds like you're dealing with an idiot who is teaching to a very rigid curriculum they don't really understand.

With that said, take some advice from someone who has tested off the charts for "reading level" their entire lives: be really careful about pushing kids into reading "above their grade level". I'm certainly not saying they should never do it, but it shouldn't be all they read. I stopped reading for pleasure for the better part of a decade because, while I understood every word of what I read, I wasn't in a place in life to understand the themes that were being conveyed, so I didn't enjoy reading anymore. Don't push your kids into that trap. It's vastly more important that they read constantly than it is for them to read "hard" books.