AR motivates students to read at their own level. The immediate performance-based feedback makes the process fun and exciting. As students contruct meaning from text, and build a story in their minds, all levels of cognition are called into play. AR has been demonstrated to improve scores on preformance-based assessments. 96 percent of librarians report an increase in library circulation due to the Accelerated Reader program.
Student reads a book.
Students choose their own books and read them at their own pace. More than 19,000 popular titles are on the Accelerated Reader title list. Student takes a quiz. Students then take a short, objective quiz on the computer. The quiz results provide immediate feedback to the student and assures the teacher that the student has read and understood the book.