It tests for comprehension, manages students' records and checks reading performance. It allows each student to move at his or her own pace and level of ability. Students read a book on the Accelerated Reader list and then take a comprehension test on a computer. The Accelerated Reader program calculates the score and maintains record keeping. The computer software keeps track of how many books each student has read and the score received on each test.
Students earn points based on the percentage of correctly answered questions.
Students may check out Accelerated Reader books from the school media center or public library. Accelerated Reader books in the school library have an orange dot on the spine. At the end of each quarter, special events are held to honor and reward the students who have reached certain pre-set levels of achievement. AR tests are available for books in the Everybody, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography sections. Most of the test titles are in the Everybody and Fiction sections.