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Top new quizzes last month
We release over 200 quizzes each month, prioritising those titles that have been requested the most by schools. In addition to the monthly list of new quizzes, we will be using the Quiz Blog to highlight some of the most popular recently-quizzed titles so you can see which books have been most popular with children. This month, the many of the most popular books have been the World Book Day special editions and the books shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Read More
New War Horse quizzes released
We're pleased to announce that Michael Morpurgo's War Horse now has both a Literacy Skills and a Vocabulary Practice quiz. We know that this popular title is used in the curriculum in many classrooms, so we've developed these specialist quizzes in addition to the regular RP quiz in order to help teachers to monitor students' attainment in literacy. Read More
Welcome to the Quiz Blog!
This is the Books and Quizzes blog, the very best place to hear the latest news about Accelerated Reader quizzes. We’re the Content Team, the people responsible for producing the 200+ quizzes we add to AR each month. Launching today, the Books and Quizzes blog will contain lots of information… Read More
Considering Content Appropriateness in Accelerated Reader
The UK Content Team is proud to have contributed to the over 43,500 Accelerated Reader quizzes available for our customers to take on their favourite books. To achieve Renaissance’s mission of “accelerating learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide”, we aim… Read More
St Oliver Post Primary School in Reading for Well-being
St. Oliver Post Primary School is committed to quality education. It seeks to enrich students’ lives and empower them for life’s many challenges. This is done in a caring atmosphere of good order and discipline and in partnership with parents. “Effective strategies were used in many lessons to develop student’s… Read More
Reading success and celebration with the Complete Literacy Solution in Northern Ireland
In Aughnacloy Primary School we aim to treat all children equally and with respect, as well as accept and cater for, their differences. As a staff, we have your child’s interest at heart and are committed to his/her educational, social, moral, emotional and physical development. Now, learning is back in… Read More
On the road to recovery
We speak to Vice Principal Neil and P5 Teacher Darren, who have both marinated strong usage of Renaissance solutions throughout what has arguably one of the most destructive years in their educational careers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Star Reading and Star Maths, help staff set personal targets for each… Read More
Reading ages, pupil wellbeing and exam readiness: setting our pupils up for life
From implementation to daily use We implemented Accelerated Reader (AR) because we needed something to improve the students’ focus if we found they weren’t doing so well in reading and literacy in general. In addition, we wanted to have a better understanding of what pupils were actually reading and subsequently… Read More
Increasing Reading Engagement with myON
Scoil Bhríde has been using Accelerated Reader and Star Reading since 2014 to support the school’s literacy strategy. In 2020, the school invested in myON, the digital library from Renaissance, to provide access to more texts for all pupils, on any device, at any time. In early 2022, we learnt… Read More
Favourite LGBTQ+ romances for older readers
Love was in the air this past February during Valentine’s Day. Throughout the month of March, the Content team will continue to celebrate love in all its forms. Members of the team were asked to talk about their favourite LGBTQ+ romance novels for older readers. From the beauty in contemporary… Read More