Accelerated Reader Program

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computer program that helps teachers manage and monitor students’ reading practice. A student picks a book at his own level and reads at his own pace. When finished, the student takes a short quiz on a school computer. AR gives both student and teacher feedback based on the quiz results that the teacher then uses to help the student set goals.

Early September students 1^st-5^th are STAR tested to determine their ZPD, zone of proximal development. Students select books based on their individual ZPD. Books may be selected from school library, home, public library, etc. Los Alamitos Families can access Accelerated Reader thru Enterprise. Enterprise allows students/parents to lookup books by title, by author or by quiz number. The books in the Los Alamitos Media Center are available on www.arquizzes.com. A complete list of quizzes on Enterprise is available at www.arbookfind.com.

Only Accelerated Reader Enterprise offers unlimited access to more than 100,000 quizzes on books from publishers around the world. With so many fun, motivational quizzes to choose from, our students will be able to read most any book they choose—from home, from the school library, from the public library—and immediately take the associated Accelerated Reader Enterprise quiz at school. We now have unlimited access to all of the quizzes, as well as any new ones as they are created.

Accelerated Reader Enterprise offers four types of Quizzes:

Reading Practice Quizzes ask literal questions that measure a student’s comprehension of a book.
Recorded Voice Quizzes allow beginning readers to take quizzes on their own because these quizzes include professionally narrated audio.
Literacy Skills Quizzes ask higher-level questions that require students to apply 24 specific reading skills.
Vocabulary Practice Quizzes help you get students more excited about learning vocabulary.

Accelerated Reader Awards & Certificate Information

Students are recognized for earning points in the accelerated reader program. To become a member, a student must earn 25 points. New this year; members of the Points Clubs must earn an Accuracy Percentage of 85% to participate in points club 100-2000+. This is an average for the quizzes taken during the current school year.

Points	Certificate & Award	Accuracy Percentage
25	Yes
50	Yes
100	Yes*	85% or above
250	Yes	85% or above
500	Yes	85% or above
750	Yes	85% or above
1000	Yes	85% or above
1500	Yes	85% or above
2000+	Yes	85% or above

* AR Star T-shirts are only to be worn to school on Friday.

AR Points Clubs and Awards are announced quarterly as part of daily announcements. At which time certificates are distributed and pictures are take for Wall of Fame. Students that do not meet requirements for this quarter will have additional opportunities to improve Accuracy Percentage throughout remaining school year.

End of Year Awards:

3 Top Readers in each grade (not accumulated) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th & 5^th, totaling 15 students are given an AR Champion Reader Certificate and their pictures are taken for the Wall of Fame.

The student with the highest number of points for the school (accumulated) receives a certificate and their name on the plaque that hangs on the Wall of Fame.

3 Top Readers in each class (not accumulated) 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th & 5^th totaling approximately 60 students are given an AR Star Certificate.

Code of Honor:

Each child participating in the AR program has agreed to the following Code of Honor:

Accelerated Reader Code of Honor

I will enter my name only in the AR program.
I will view only my own records.
After taking a test, I promise to keep the answers confidential.
I agree that this is the first time that I have ever read this book.
I will be prepared to use my silent reading time properly.

If you have questions, please contact Shannon Brannan.

We thank the Fitzpatrick Foundation for the $320000
grant in support of our Accelerated Reader Program.