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Accelerated Reader is an online assessment tool that primarily determines whether or not a child has read a book. Accelerated Reader will provide additional information to teachers regarding reading rates, amount of reading, and other variables related to reading.

There are three steps to using Accelerated Reader. First, students choose and read a fiction or non-fiction book. Teachers monitor reading including guided, paired, literature-based, and independent reading. Second, students take a quiz. Third, the teacher receives information that is intended to assist, motivate reading, monitor progress, and target instruction. Reports regarding reading level and comprehension skills can be generated.

Reading Practice quizzes assess whether or not students have read a book. The process is simple. Students first read an Accelerated Reader book (a book that has a related quiz in the Accelerated Reader database). Next, teachers monitor student reading, and once the child has finished the book, he or she takes a quiz on Accelerated Reader via computer. The quizzes are multiple choice with 5, 10, and 20 questions depending on the book's difficulty and length. The questions ask literal comprehension questions. Students must correctly answer a set number of questions in order to pass an exam, for which they are given a percentage of points associated with the book depending on their achievement on the quiz.

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