What's New in Accelerated Reader
Renaissance Place 7.5

Home Connect

If you are using Renaissance Place, you will have access to Home Connect. Schools can grant access to Home Connect by sending a letter generated through the Home Connect tab in Renaissance Place, which contains the necessary login information. Home Connect allows pupils and their families to log in from home to monitor Accelerated Reader progress and:

• View targets, results of the last quiz taken and overall progress for both Reading Practice and Vocabulary Practice Quizzes
• View My Words Learned based on Vocabulary Practice Quizzes
• Find books of interest and at the right level that have Accelerated Reader Quizzes via AR BookFinder
• View My Bookshelf which shows the books read and on which quizzes have been taken
• Specify up to six email addresses of parents, guardians, or relatives, each of whom will receive updates of pupil progress via email

Watch the Video Tutorial to learn more about Accelerated Reader Home Connect.

Alternate Book Levels

Accelerated Reader 7.5 gives you the option of using an alternate book level (Alt. BL). Alt BL 1 is based on a 100-point scale similar to Degrees of Reading Power (DRP). Alt. BL 2 is based on a 2000-point scale similar to Lexiles.

The reporting option offers further support to those using other reading measures additional to conversion charts, 100-point scale (Alt. BL 1) and 2000-point scale (Alt. BL 2) book labeling in Accelerated Reader, and the ability to search by a 2000-point scale available in AR BookFinder (www.arbookfind.co.uk).

To set the alternate book level in the Accelerated Reader Management program, choose Manage Quizzes from the Accelerated Reader tab, then select Book Level Settings under the Actions area.

The following reports will include report options for alternate book levels:

• Diagnostic Reading Practice
• Favourite Books
• Target History
• Labels-Book
• Labels-Vocabulary List
• Quiz List-all quiz types
• Quiz Takers-Reading Practice and Other Reading
• Schoolwide Summary
• Pupil Record
• TOPS
• Vocabulary List

Alternate Book Levels are not applicable to these reports:

• TWI Report
• Marking Period Progress

Updated Reports

1. An Engaged Time score and Alternate Book Level option has been added to the Diagnostic Report - Reading Practice.

   

2. New, more visual TOPS Reports make it easier for pupils to understand the progress they are making.

   

3. Engaged Time score (an estimate of the number of minutes per day that pupils are actively engaged in reading practice) has been added to the Diagnostic Report - Reading Practice.

4. Pupil Points Report can now be sorted by points earned, allowing users to find their top point earners. Choose sort by: Points Earned

5. Word Count Report can now be sorted by the total number of words per pupil. Choose sort by: Word Count (highest to lowest) or Word Count (lowest to highest).