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I am a new principal at an elementary campus that does not have Star testing in place for AR. I want to get the Accelerated Reading program up and running strong, but need ideas on setting goals and guidelines when the students have not been Star testing. Any ideas? Want to set some guideline for reading levels so that I don't end up with a 5th grader racking up points with 1st grade reading level books.
teach4 Have you looked at the Resources on their site? We don't have Star either, I just use the student's guided reading level and the Goal setting resource on the site to set individual goals. It has worked successfully for my students. I do let them read whatever they want, a lower book is only worth .5, while a book at their level would be at least 3 ...See More
Aug 26, 2009


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