The concept behind Accelerated Reader is fairly simple. Students read a book and then use the program to answer a series of questions to check their comprehension. Students then earn points based on the reading level of the book and the number of questions they answered correctly. Teachers find Accelerated Reader to be a very useful tool when it comes to motivating students to read, especially for pleasure.
Accelerated Reader has been around for almost thirty years. I know that I remember using it when I was in elementary school. However, it has recently been revamped. It relates to the Common Core State Standards, has quizzes for over 160,000 books, and is now compatible with tablets.
At Eugene Field Elementary School in Oklahoma, Accelerated Reader has been one of the keys to getting 100 percent of the students to score at or above state averages on standardized tests. The catch? One hundred percent of the school's students also qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school has "an extremely high poverty rate, a high percentage of
English language learners and a frequent influx of new students." Accelerated Reader is just one of the ways that teachers motivate their students to read and keep track of their progress.
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