Accelerated Reader

What is AR (Accelerated Reading)?

Students in Grades 1-8 are involved in the Accelerated Reading Program.  This program is beneficial to teachers, parents and students.

St. Mary's School uses the program to enrich our reading program.  The students read books on their own level and then take a computerized test on what they have read.

The children benefit from AR in many ways.  First and foremost, reading comprehension scores improve.  Secondly, it has been shown that the more a child reads, the more his/her reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills improve.  Last, but not least, students become more confident reading and try to move on to the next level of reading.

AR is designed for use by all students, regardless of reading ability.  Our school has nearly 5000 quizzes available on different levels. Click here to view the updated list.

Our goal is to develop a solid base of reading skills that will enhance a lifelong love of reading, where our students will not only read well, but will be well read.  Daily practice of reading (whether being read to, read with or independent reading) occurs at school.  Follow up at home with daily time for reading is strongly recommended and encouraged.