As a progress-monitoring system that promotes guided independent reading practice, Accelerated Reader serves three primary purposes:
• AR provides quick and accurate assessments of whether students have read and understood trade books that they have selected and textbook passages that have been assigned to them.
• It assigns point values for each AR Reading Practice Quiz taken. Point values area factor of book level and performance on quizzes. Points accumulate during the school year, and are a way for teachers to monitor students’ reading volume.
• The system tracks student performance on AR quizzes over time. AR provides a way for educators to monitor and guide reading practice and ensure success for their students through goal setting.
Your child has until the end of each 9 weeks to reach this goal and maintain an overall average of 85% or higher. You will receive a daily AR score on your child's nightly reading log. This will show your child’s progress. Please also use Renaissance Home Connect to stay updated on your child’s AR progress. If your child reaches his/her AR goal he/she will attend an AR Blast at the end of the 9 weeks.