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Could someone explain AR basics to me?

by New to AR

Aug 28, 2009

I'm a relatively new teacher (going on my 4th year), and have just moved to a new district where they encourage the use of AR. I'm considering using it for my 8th grade LA class for independent reading, but am unsure of the books available, test content, report info, etc.

Could someone tell me a few of the basics of this program? - What kind of books are available? - What are the tests like? - What kind of information do the reports generate? - How do you determine each student's "level"? etc . . .

Thank you!

Marty THere are many many titles available for the program. It will depend on whether your school physically owns the test on a disk or whether the school as AR Enterprise. If you have Enterprise you woud have access to all test Renaissance has in their inventory.

The tests are comprehension tests only. ALthough the program offers literacy skil...See More

Sep 8, 2009

AR/5th We us AR at my school as the Independent Reading program. The quizzes that we have available at my school are ones that we purchased for specific books from Renaissance Learning. I determine their "AR" level (although it is just a "suggested" level) by doing the Gaites test, although you could find their actual reading level using a number of diffe...See MoreWe us AR at my school as the Independent Reading program. The quizzes that we have available at my school are ones that we purchased for specific books from Renaissance Learning. I determine their "AR" level (although it is just a "suggested" level) by doing the Gaites test, although you could find their actual reading level using a number of different assessments. the AR books that they read should be their "Independent" level, not their Instructional level. (so if they are on a 5.0 reading level(instructional), they could read a 4.5 AR book independently to begin) After each quiz, the student generates a TOPS Report immediately. The report shows the score on the quiz, the level, the average book level, the number of quizzes taken/passed during the year, the "average" score for quizzes, etc....You can also generate class reports and individual reports for each student. I personally don't use their scores for grading, since it is independent readin. I keep track of points so I know they ARE reading. Watch for cheating among buddies (anyone can LOG_IN as another child and "earn" points for them). I let them read books of interest that are one level below and one level above their target simply because of the lack of selection of AR books in my school. On 9/08/09, Marty wrote: > THere are many many titles available for the program. It will > depend on whether your school physically owns the test on a > disk or whether the school as AR Enterprise. If you have > Enterprise you woud have access to all test Renaissance has > in their inventory. > > The tests are comprehension tests only. ALthough the program > offers literacy skills test too, if your school has purchased > these. > > There are many reports you can access from AR. Student Reading > Record, At-Risk Reports, etc. > > To determine the student's reading level I used the S.T.A.R. > program I purchased from Renaissance Learning. You could > also guess the level by using your own benchmark tests, etc. > I have used AR for over 18 yrs and love it. I currently am at > a school which doesn't use the program. It is a great > motivational tool if used correctly. We saw great gains in > student reading assessments and the state standardized test > too. > > > On 8/28/09, New to AR wrote: >> I'm a relatively new teacher (going on my 4th year), and >> have just moved to a new district where they encourage the >> use of AR. I'm considering using it for my 8th grade LA >> class for independent reading, but am unsure of the books >> available, test content, report info, etc. >> >> Could someone tell me a few of the basics of this program? >> - What kind of books are available? >> - What are the tests like? >> - What kind of information do the reports generate? >> - How do you determine each student's "level"? >> etc . . . >> >> Thank you! >

Sep 9, 2009

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