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My principal recently purchased this program for our
school computer lab. We had a brief training on it and I
am now questioning just how valuable a tool this will be
to my 4th grade students. We are a Title 1, API5 school
and the majority of my students with grade level text. Am
I incorrect that Accelerated Reader is more of an
assessment/testing tool than it is a learning tool? Anyone
have any experiences with it they would like to share?
Barb /blockquote>

Accelerated Reader is a testing program on books read. It can
be a very useful program, but I don't think it should be your
whole reading program. I believe you should use your 4th
grade reading textbooks for weekly stories and skills grades,
but the AR program is wonderful in that you can have students
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Feb 28, 2008
RJ /blockquote>

> Am I incorrect that Accelerated Reader is more of an
> assessment/testing tool than it is a learning tool? Anyone
> have any experiences with it they would like to share?

If your kids are mostly on-level, then Book Punch is a more
suitable option for you. Book Punch provides guided writing ...See More
Apr 17, 2008


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