Students choose their own books, and read them at their own pace. Hazelwood Jr. High is beginning with a variety of 275 popular titles, including the current Young Hoosier Book Award nominees and Eliot Roosewater Book Award nominees.
Students take a short objective quiz on a school computer.
The computer reveals how many questions were answered correctly. The quiz results assure the teacher that the student has read the book. Both the student and the teacher receive reports on the student's progress. Reading points based on the book's length, reading level, and number of correct answers offer an objective measure of reading practice. The computer maintains a database on every student and shows which books have been read, the results of every comprehension test taken, and the points awarded to the student.