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Newsgroups: va-pen.mailing-list.lm_net Path: shoskins From: shoskins@pen.k12.va.us (Sylvia H. Hoskins) Subject: Re: Thirty days... Message-ID: <E3x3sF.2L8@pen.k12.va.us> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 22:57:50 GMT References: <E3tst5.Du7@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network We have been using the Accelerated Reader program for several years on our library network. You purchase the test disks from the company, children read books which are on the test list and come in and take tests on them, accumulating points for correct answers. We require a minimum 75% comprehension level on the tests. There is also a STAR diagnostic program, which we don't have. One of our schools uses this as their whole reading program with 60 mins. of silent reading in school each day and 30 mins. at home. They have sent teachers for special training and are an Accelerated Reader Renaissance School. Their reading scores have come up and almost all students are reading at or above grade level, with a minimum 85% comprehension required. This program requires a financial commitment (disks are $76 each with 50 tests on each) to disks, supporting books, classroom libraries, and computer equipment to support the program. --- Sylvia Hoskins "Librarians are ushers through the gateway to knowledge."