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From Apprentice to Master – our year with Accelerated Reader
Since introducing Accelerated Reader just over a year ago, Hummersea Primary School in the North East, has been on an exciting journey with developing a reading for pleasure culture and supporting children in their reading development – so much so that they were recently nominated as a Master School. Laurie-Ann Spencer, currently on maternity leave, spearheaded the roll out of Accelerated Reader and was so proud of the school achieving Master status, she wanted to share her personal highlights on making the move from ‘Apprentice’ to ‘Master’… Read More
Star-t as you mean to go on
Evidence-based practice forms a core part of the teaching ethos at Brooklands Farm Primary School, with Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset used to encourage both teachers and students to thrive in a positive learning environment. With the first term now already over, Nicky Bullard, Assistant Headteacher at the school, takes us through her experiences of aligning technology with theorist principles and explains why they believe it’s important to ‘Star-t as you mean to go on’… Read More
Introducing Middle Years+
The Content team is thrilled to introduce a new feature to better inform teachers and librarians using Renaissance Accelerated Reader as to whether a book is suitable for a particular reader. So, henceforward there will be a fourth Interest Level listing, which will slot in between Middle Years and Upper Years, and will be known as Middle Years+, age 12 and above. Read More
Introducing Middle Years+
The Content team is thrilled to introduce a new feature to better inform teachers and librarians using Renaissance Accelerated Reader as to whether a book is suitable for a particular reader. So, henceforward there will be a fourth Interest Level listing, which will slot in between Middle Years and Upper Years, and will be known as Middle Years+, age 12 and above. Read More
Can you predict a Progress 8 Score?
Using Star Assessments as a Progress 8 Calculator As the name suggests, Progress 8 measures the achievement of a student across eight qualifications at GSCE level – including English and Maths – and compares their achievements to the actual achievements of other pupils with similar prior attainment to create… Read More
Can you predict an Attainment 8 Score?
Using Star Assessments as an Attainment 8 Calculator As the name suggests, Attainment 8 measures the achievement of a student across eight qualifications at GSCE level – including English and Maths – which are both double weighted. Introduced just a couple of years ago, schools have begun to seek… Read More
Why can’t quizzes be available straight away?
The posters have gone up on the bus shelters. The pre-order has been made. The book has dropped on the doormat. The student has read it from cover to cover in a few hours. He has logged into Accelerated Reader and… there isn’t a quiz available yet. Read More
How can I request a book to be quizzed?
We are often asked when a particular book will have a quiz made available for Accelerated Reader. Sometimes these are new publications, and the book is currently in our editing process. Other times, they are slightly older books that we haven't yet come across. One way or the other, if we know that a book is highly sought-after in schools using AR we will make every effort to produce a quiz for that book. Read More
What makes a book non-quizzable?
While we make every effort to produce a reading practice quiz on the books that students are reading, from time to time we find that books are unsuitable for quizzing with Accelerated Reader. The reasons for this vary, but all centre on the fact that we never compromise on the rigorously developed and enforced standards on the quality of our quizzes. Read More
What makes good education software specialists?
Understanding the role of education software companies Over the past decade, technology has really come to the fore in education, supporting teaching and learning and providing access to tools which make classroom environments more engaging and productive. But when choosing which education software specialists to work with, what kind… Read More