Accelerated Reader Program

AR is a computer-based reading program that encourages differentiated reading practice to create strong readers. Based on each student's independent reading level, AR helps teachers set personalized goals for each student and guide students to books difficult enough to keep them challenged, but not so difficult to cause frustration.

 

First, a student’s optimal reading level is determined through the STAR Reading Enterprise assessment. This assessment provides information on a student’s overall reading ability and suggests a range of book levels for each student called the ZPD (zone of proximal development). After a student has finished reading a book, he will take an AR Quiz to earn points. AR offers more than 150,000 quizzes on both fiction and nonfiction titles. AR provides teachers with immediate information, helping them monitor the comprehension skills of each student and inform further instruction or intervention. Students and parents get instant feedback to help motivate success with the use of the TOPS Report and Renaissance Home Connect.

 

To encourage our students, our library offers an incentive program. The Accelerated Reader Point Club provides students with incentives based on the number of points they have earned from taking quizzes on books they have finished reading. Prizes include pencils, bookmarks, new books, All Day Library Read-A-Thon, USB flash drive, and Lunch in the Library.