Accelerated Reader (AR) is a reading program that provides students with reading practice. This program allows teachers to help students individually with skill building while allowing students to check out books that interest them. The AR program allows students to read at their own ability level, which in turn helps to build their reading skills.

         Each student is tested to find out their reading level, and then they start checking out books on their level. After they read a book, they take a short quiz on a computer. The tests are multiple choice featuring 5, 10, or 20 questions. The computer tells how many questions he/she has answered correctly and shows the correct answers for the questions that have been missed.

          Reading points are awarded based on the book’s point value and the number of correct answer. In one week 4^th and 5^th grade have to read three books and they test on them weekly. Students in 3^rd and 2^nd grade have to read two books and test on them weekly. The 1^st graders have to read one book and test on them weekly also. The books are color coded by level. For every book the students read they will get points. They use the points to buy prizes.