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Accelerated Reader program

The following covers how the Accelerated Reader program works at our school. The children in grades 3-6 will be receiving an A.R. grade on their report cards each nine weeks. This grade will not effect the childrens' grade point average or their honor roll status. Each book in the A.R. program is assigned a reading level and a point value by the Accelerated Reader program. When the child takes their A.R. quiz on the computer,  the points are prorated according to how many of the quiz questions they get correct. If they make a 100% on the quiz, then they are awarded the full point value for that book. If less than a 100%, then the point value is prorated accordingly. This is all maintained by the computer. The more quizzes a student takes and does well on, the more points they will accumulate. Each nine weeks, the grades on the quizzes they have taken are averaged together with their library conduct grade to determine their library grade. Each student starts out with a 100% on conduct. One point is deducted each time their name is taken and five points will be deducted if detention has to be assigned.

The grade that will appear on their report card is the average of all of their quiz grades for that nine weeks/semester. The point goals that have been set for each grade level per semester enables the students to qualify for prizes, and parties when they have met or exceeded their goals.

Our goal is to encourage reading and to improve reading comprehension in all of our students. Children who do well in reading have been shown to perform well in their other subjects as well.

Accelerated Reader Quiz List - Reading Practice