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Accelerated Reader

PO Box 8036
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
http://www.renlearn.com/ar/

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Contact Information:

800.338.4204
answers@renlearn.com

Program Specification:

Emphasis:

Gender:

Rating:

Prevention
Intervention

Both

Strong Evidence of Effectiveness

Age/Grade Level:

Target Settings:

Target Groups:

Elementary
Middle School
High School

Rural
Urban
Suburban
Inner City
Tribal

Individuals
Clusters/Groups
Grade Level
School Wide

Ethnicity:

Other Participation Criteria:

All Ethnicities

Description:

Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader (AR) software makes the essential student practice component of any reading curriculum more effective. Using AR, this practice time is personalized to each student's individual level to ensure a high rate of success and immediately followed by feedback to help educators target instruction. Personalized reading practice includes guiding students to books at appropriate levels, closely monitoring their progress, and intervening with appropriate instruction when necessary.

Program Descriptors Include:
Academic Improvement

Starting Date: 1986
Students Served Per Year: 500+
Last Verified: 2010

Risk Factors:

Protective Factors:

Program addresses the following:

Individual factors

  • Low achievement

Family factors

  • Low socioeconomic status

School factors

  • Student engagement

Program promotes the following:

Relationships

  • Involvement with positive peer activities

Competence

  • Self efficacy

School

  • Comprehensive diagnostic systems
  • Early warning systems
  • Personalized instruction and learning
  • Teach self-determination and self-advocacy skills including student/person-centered planning

Program Resources:

Annual Cost:

The annual cost range of the program is less than $25,000 or less than $500 per student.

Funding Sources Include:

Program Staff Includes:

Federal Agencies
State Agencies
Local/City/County Agencies
School Districts
Foundations
Faith Based Organizations
Service Clubs
Donations

Teachers

Materials Used:

Supporting / Partner Organizations:

Computer/Internet Based

Unspecified

Evaluation Information:

The large evidence base supporting Accelerated Reader consists of a number of experimental and quasi-experimental research studies including 136 independent studies and 25 articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Accelerated Reader has been proven effective with a variety of students in K-12 classrooms including those in Title I classrooms, in free and reduced-price lunch programs, and in special education, as well as with students with learning disabilities, at-risk or with low-achievement, and learning English as a second language. Accelerated Reader continues to receive accolades about its reliability and validity from key federal groups including the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring.

How evaluation data was collected:
Outside experimental studies
Data collected and analyzed at school/district level

Additional Evaluation Information:
http://doc.renlearn.com/KMNet/R001249321GBF31D.pdf