Age Range: 5-Adult
Platforms: DOS and Mac
Medium: Diskettes
Cost: Starting at $399

Company: Advantage Learning Systems, Inc.
Phone: 800-338-4204

Accelerated Reader learning information system for reading and literacy skills:

• Helps kids get excited about books - Accelerated Reader helps focus attention on careful reading of books, which improves students' critical thinking skills and builds the intrinsic love of reading.
  
• Provides you with reliable, objective information - Two different types of assessment give you valuable data on students' reading practice and literacy skills development.
  
• Makes managing your classroom easier - Teachers who use AR report higher attendance, fewer discipline problems, and improved attitudes toward school.
  
• Helps you keep each student challenged - Using AR, you can continuously match kids to appropriate books within their zone of proximal development (ZPD). That means you can assure every student is challenged without being frustrated.
  
• Student and teacher get information - Both the student and teacher get immediate, individualized constructive feedback to direct ongoing reading practice.
  

Using Accelerated Reader:

1. Select a book.

Students make their own choice from more than 22,000 titles on the Accelerated Reader book lists. The titles range in reading level from first grade through high school. Plus, there are plenty of "high/low" selections for hesitant and remedial readers. These books are already in the collections of most school and public libraries.

2. Read the book.

Students then read their books at their own pace. Teachers may elect to set aside time during scheduled class periods or assign independent reading time.

3. Take the quiz.

The 5-, 10-, or 20-question multiple-choice quiz is carefully designed to verify that the student has read the book. With the quiz completed, the computer instantly reveals how many questions he or she answered correctly, and awards reading points based on the book's length, reading level, and number of correct answers. If the student passes the quiz, the teacher can rest assured he or she really has read the book.

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Howard J. Bender, Ph.D.
President
The Education Process Improvement Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 186
Riverdale, Maryland 20738
hjbender@epicent.com