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    Can you set the levels of the books that the students are allowed to read? For example, a child's grade equivalent is 2.3. Can I set it to where they only test on books that are 2.0 - 3.0?
    Ima Teacher Yes, you can.

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    Sep 16, 2009
    Does anyone ever let a student retake an AR test and if so, under what circumstances? How do you handle parents who complain when their child gets NO points for a score below 60%.
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    to Ima It probably depends on your situation, Ima. From what you have said, you probably (and I hope I am right) never had to deal with the fallout of a bad decision in life that someone else made that affected you. I hope you never have to be in that position. I think we got way off target because I followed the whole post back to Accelerated Reader and ...See More
    Sep 29, 2009
    teach4 Back to the question asked I will delete tests on occasions. If the child took the test last year, and got 60 or below they obviously were not seccessful. If they reread the book - it often means they do not even remember they "read" the book in third grade. If they come to me confused about why they can't take the test, I'll check to discover why,...See More
    Sep 30, 2009
    2 Questions...

    1. What do the creators of AR say about children (grades 1- 3) looking back in the book for answers? Is this information on a website somewhere?

    2. Can anyone tell me how to find a child's ZPD level using Lexile scores?

    Thanks!
    If I've learned one thing on this board over the years, it's that most people who come here asking questions are not really interested in answers or just want to argue.

    I have left the boards to allow them to "cool off" before, but after I get home today to find three emails . . . two of the same one from "Sheila", who didn't bother to giv...See More
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    Tyler Sheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal or any school level administrator would order a change due to an upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency on AR? If a student got 1 bad test score on AR, wh...See More
    Oct 7, 2009
    HDD On 10/07/09, Tyler wrote: > Sheila, I know parents can be brutal, but we are teachers. We > have degrees and we practice our skills every day. We are > formally trained professionals and I'm not sure why a principal > or any school level administrator would order a change due to an > upset parent. Perhaps there is too much dependency...See More
    Oct 7, 2009
    Look, chat boards are for voicing opinions and in some cases stating a point or arguing your case. But the last 20-30 posts have NOT been useful or professional on any level. We are all bigger and better than this. Deleting a quiz. Lets face it. There are multiple ways to think logically about that. Comparing it to drinking a driving is a little dr...See More
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    CityTeacher Hooray! Tyler, well said. I agree- yhis is a place to share ideas and get great ideas in return, not a place to bash each other. I'm sorry "Ima" that you were called names- that's really unprofessional. (I'm guessing it was removed because I really have no idea specifically what you're referring to) Also keep in mind, when we type, our "tone" comes...See More
    Sep 30, 2009
    Tyler CityTeacher, your setup is just like ours. The only reason we delete a test is if a student is sick or something out of the norm. It would be strange to remove more than 1-3 tests per student per year.

    On 9/30/09, CityTeacher wrote: > Hooray! Tyler, well said. > I agree- yhis is a place to share ideas and get great ideas > in ret...See More
    Oct 7, 2009
    I have a student who tested well on the Star test, scoring 5.8 at the beginning of fourth grade. His test results from third grade were also good. He has failed more tests than he has passed this year on books that are within his reading range. I'm not sure if he's just reading too fast, or what the problem is. Any suggestions about how to help him...See More
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    Tyler First, I'd retest him on Star. Perhaps he just got lucky? Otherwise, a high test score with a low AR setup could be that he understands question relationships in multiple choice settings, but perhaps his reading level ability is vastly slower when recognizing words. So, he may read a line in Star well, but that is 1 sentence. When a page is filled ...See More
    Oct 7, 2009
    HDD On 10/04/09, 4th wrote: > I have a student who tested well on the Star test, scoring > 5.8 at the beginning of fourth grade. His test results > from third grade were also good. He has failed more tests > than he has passed this year on books that are within his > reading range. I'm not sure if he's just reading too fast, > or what...See More
    Oct 7, 2009
    How do I block ONE student from being able to take tests without a monitor password? One of my students is cheating on her tests, and I want to block testing for her. I can only find a way to block everybody in the class.

    My school uses Renaissance Enterprise.
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    Kyle I wonder why the Customer Assistance team at RLI will only talk to the school coordinator? I know several of our teachers call RLI and get support. (Sometimes I wish they wouldn't!) Just kidding.

    On 10/21/09, Elizabeth wrote: > Of course I monitor students as they test. However, I teach six > groups of students per day, and I only s...See More
    Oct 22, 2009
    teach4 Out of curiostiy how is she cheating?
    Nov 14, 2009
    There is a new document out by Renaissance on what books students are reading. The document is very interesting and a good read regardless what side of the fence you are on with the effectivness of AR. Long, but interesting none the less. Hard to belive over 4.5 million students use this product when you think about just your own classroom or schoo...See More
    My 2nd grader scored 99% on the assessment test (and 98% in first grade so it isn't a fluke)...but fails many of the ar tests she takes. It took us a while to get to the bottom of the issue -- but my question is how to get the teachers to teach the importance of reading and comprehending vs getting a good grade on the test? They give awards each we...See More
    Jake Kate, great question. Really, once you tie a score to a test, it may be a common reality that the student is chaing after recognition. Whether competition, parents approval, teachers approval, etc. One idea may be to step away from "Scores". As in a Score of 100% does not lead to a reward. It leads you to the next task which may be reading your boo...See More
    Oct 23, 2009
    Deb ms/IA You need to look at the type of books she is reading. Instead of focusing on the 98 percent lets look at the book titles she is reading. The STAR is only a vocabulary test. It is NOT a comprehension test. So this problem may be comprehension.

    So get a print out of all the books she has read this quarter. Look at the titles. Look at the bo...See More
    Oct 23, 2009
    Does anyone use Kindles in Middle School? If so, would you share how you use them with your classes?

    What books have you downloaded?

    Do you use any magazines? If so, what?

    I would love to hear from you!

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