Accelerated Reader is a reading practice program designed to
encourage students to read books at their tested reading level
and provide measurable feedback on the student's progress.
Accelerated Reader (AR) will choose a book, evaluate it, assign
points and a reading level to it (depending on the level of difficulty
of the sentences and vocabulary and the length of the book), and
write a quiz for it.
A student will select an AR book that meets their criteria of
points and reading level (and hopefully interest) from the school's
library. He/she will read the book at his/her own pace, then take
a computerized quiz of 5, 10, or 20 questions (depending on the
number of points and reading level) to evaluate the student's
understanding of what they read. Points are awarded to the student
based on the book's possible points and the quiz score. Hiland
Park has a reward system set up to encourage the accumulation
of points, the AR "Store". The AR "Store"
is open once a month for the students to shop and "spend"
the points they earn.
