Can someone explain to me exactly the way the accelerated reading program works?

Answer 1

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computerized reading program. There are set lists of books. Using a combined system of vocabulary level, length of the book and level of difficulty, the book is assigned a reading level. Points are awarded when reading tests are successfully completed by the student. A student receives the full point value for 100% and the points decrease as the correct number of questions answered decreases. Many elementary schools now use AR as part of their reading programs, but not usually as the whole program.

Most kids seem to really like AR. They feel like they have some control of what they read and are in charge of what they do.

Usually a school buys AR, not a family or individual. It is not cheap. The special edition fee for individual purchase seems to be about $750 per student per year.

These links will give you much more information about AR. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Kids read books that are worth "points" and when they are done reading the book, they take a computer test on the book. The book is the toatal amount of points you can get on the test, but if you miss some answers you get deducted points. So if you are reading a one point book, and you miss half the questions, you only get .5 points. But they won't actually let you fail a test, you get no points at all if you do. A teacher normally sets a minimum of points the students can have each quater. My teacher set it to thirty five. Which came out to about 3 or 4 books. SOme books, like the HArry Potte rones are worth like 20 points, but the average is about 8 points per book.