Accelerated Reader--We have upgraded

Over the summer, we upgraded our Accelerated Reader (as well as STAR, and any other Renaissance Learning programs that are at your school.) All of this is now internet based. So, if I were you, I would drag to the trash the icons you have on your desktop for the old AR and STAR.

The reading coaches have been working to put the students into your classes so that the program will be ready to use without your having to do anything. There are some things you will need to know so that you can tell your students what to do.

I put together a PowerPoint presentation that consists of screen shots from the new AR program along with some comments typed on top of them. The presentation will show you things like what URL to go to for the new program, how to make a desktop shortcut for it, how to know what you to tell your students so they will be able to log in (user name and password). If you read the two posts just below this one, you will see more information about where to go and what to do. The PowerPoint presentation is called "Accelerated Reader Quick Start" and is located in the "Technology" folder. You will open that folder, the "Renaissance Learning" folder, and you will see the PowerPoint presentation in the list.