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Hello all! I've been reading some of the AR posts and I can
see that there are divided feelings about AR. My situation
is this: I will be a first year teacher teaching 8th grade
reading. I grew up in a small school district that did not
use AR; therefore, I have absolutely no experience with it.
The principal basically told me that the school spent a lot
of money getting the program, but that doesn't mean I
should use it to supplement instruction. In other words,
"use the program at least a little bit so our money doesn't
go to waste." They told me that the school librarian can
help me figure out the program. I'm not really sure what to
do.

I read "jme's" post back in March about how she does grades
for the AR. I like that idea, but I'm still not sure what
to do seeing as how I have no experience with this. Also,
what is this about STAR? Is that like a diagnostics from AR
so I can see what their reading levels are? That is
definitely something I would be interested in doing to as a
pre-assessment for my instructions.

Any advice to my rambling??  

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