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Thanks to everyone who sent me information about S.T.A.R. Here is the information I received about this computer program which works with AR: We purchased the STAR program last year. It's quite expensive, but I think it will do a great job. It will allow for testing student reading levels at least 5 times per year. I am hoping that ALL of our students will be tested. I think some of them will be surprised at their reading levels. They *aren't* reading enough voluntarily. Betty Cheryl - We have been using STAR since last january and it has been a tremendous help with the AR program. With AR, we really emphasize the need for kids to read in their ZPD and STAR has been a great tool - it even listed the ZPD in the diagnostic report. The nice thing about STAR is that when new students enroll you can test them in just a few minutes and that can help with placement or just having a little more information about that student that you might not have had before. It was so successful at our schol (950 students) that our district is now buying a district license for use in the other 24 schools. If you need anything more specific let me know. Judy Gram Library Media Specialist Dakota Middle School (Rapid City, SD) jgram@rapidnet.com I purchased S.T.A.R. program last spring. My chapter 1 reading teachers have used in as another tool for testing students with reading problems. Hope to use with AR more this school year. Linda Fritz lfritz@pwrtc.com Star City, Indiana 46985 You can get information from the accelerated reader catalog. If you don't have one their addresses are as follows: http://www.advlearn.com fax 715-424-4242 phone 800-338-4204 email answers@advlearn.com Advantage Learning systems, INc P.O.Box 8036 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8036 Bob King K-12 Librarian 10 South Street Midland Comm. School Delhi, IA 52223-9769 109 Green St. rjking@theonramp.net Wyoming, IA 52362 ************************************************************************* Cheryl Skiles, Librarian <cskiles@mail.win.org> John Weldon Elementary : A Year-Round Elementary School Francis Howell School District St. Charles, MO http://www.fhsd.k12.mo.us/John_Weldon/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write either: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET or 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST For more help see LM_NET On The Web: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=