**Poor comprehension:** Students are interrupted while listening to a text read aloud, which can make it difficult to understand the material. **Fluency issues:** Students only read a short portion of a text, which limits their opportunity to improve their fluency. **Anxiety and reduced confidence:** Less-skilled readers may feel anxious or humiliated during popcorn reading, which can reinforce negative beliefs about their reading skills. **Faulty reading habits:** Students may be forced to read ahead to sound more proficient, or they may stop processing information when the oral reader reads too quickly. **Inefficient:** Popcorn reading is inefficient, and often only a few students read **Sources:** EduTip, Edutopia, International Literacy Association