it Effects on the Reading Classroom By Caleyann Coleman EDLE 6322 Summer 2012 What is Accelerated Reader Program to teach reading comprehension and motivate students to read Mainly used in Elementary and Middle Schools ID: 778117
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Accelerated Reader and it Effects on the Reading Classroom
By: Caleyann ColemanEDLE 6322Summer 2012
Slide2What is Accelerated Reader?
Program to teach reading comprehension and motivate students to readMainly used in Elementary and Middle SchoolsHow does it work?STAR AssessmentZone of Proximal DevelopmentQuizzesPoints Rewards
Slide3Renaissance Learning Claims…
Accelerated Reader is “the most cost-effective and successful reading software of all time”It will… “Make essential reading practice more effective for every student”
“Personalize reading practice to each student’s current level.”“Manage all reading activities including read to, read with, and read independently.”
“Assess
students’ reading with four types of quizzes: Reading Practice, Vocabulary Practice, Literacy Skills, and Textbook Quizzes
.”
“Build
a lifelong love of reading and learning
.” (Renaissance Learning, 2012)
Slide4168 Research studies completed143 of those were independent studiesPositive results for the Accelerated Reading Program
“There is consensus among key federally funded organizations charged with evaluating educational products that Accelerated Reader is fully supported by scientifically based research. Moreover, these organizations agree that AR is effective in improving students’ reading achievement.
And the Study Says…
Renaissance Learning’s website’s claims
Yeh’s
Study
Looked at 22 reading and math programs.
Only one was more effective than Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader was the most cost effective.
“
Comparasions
of gains in student achievement suggest that Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math are several times more effective at raising student achievement than
than
most of other educational interventions studied” (
Yeh
, 2010).
Slide5A Study on the Effects of Accelerated Reader on 5th grade student’s Reading Achievement
2 schools in MississippiSimilar demographics One school used AR the other didn’tSurprising resultsMakes you wonder…What reading program was the other
school using?Were the teachers trained in AR?
Slide6Criticisms to Accelerated Reader
IneffectiveTeachers are untrainedRestrictions on student checkoutStudent privacy concernsUnderuse of non AR booksUnderuse of nonfiction sectionCost to the media centerEffect on selection of materials
Reward systems makes reading a chore
Slide7Can Accelerated Reader be useful?
The evidence points to YES but only if there is...A highly trained staffNo restrictions on student checkoutNo grade for AR quizzes or goalsAR labels only on insides of book coversIdeally AR should be used within the classroom and not forced upon students beyond the classroom.
Slide8References
Creger, E. (2011). Browsing by numbers and reading for points. Knowl Quest, 39(4), 40-45.Cuddeback, M., Ceprano, M. (2002). The use of Accelerated Reader with emergent readers
. Reading Improvement, 39 (2), 89-96. Melton, C., Smothers, B., Anderson, E., Fulton, R., Replogle, W., Thomas, L. (2004). A study of the effects of accelerated reader program on fifth grade students’ reading achievement growth. Read
Improv
, 41 (1), 18-24.
Moyer, M., Williams, M. (2011).
Customizing Accelerated Reader helps
Delsea
Regional High
School encourage student reading. Knowl Quest, 39 (4), 68-73.
Renaissance Learning. (2012). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from http://www.renlearn.com/ar/research.aspx Solley
, K., (2011).
Accelerated Reader can be an effective tool to
encourage and bolster
student
reading.
Knowl
Quest, 39 (4), 46-49. Yeh, S. S. (2010). The cost effectiveness of 22 approaches for raising student achievement. Journal of Education Finance, 36 (1), 38-75.