Accelerated Reader

Motivate, monitor, and manage students’ independent reading practice with Accelerated Reader and watch as students develop a true love for reading. Perfect for in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction.

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SET STUDENTS UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS

Explore what makes Accelerated Reader effective

Goal setting

Create personalized goals around comprehension, engaged reading time, and students’ reading levels to keep them on the path to future success.

Choice and motivation

Motivate students with tailored reading recommendations and endless choice. Accelerated Reader matches students with books and articles aligned to their unique interests and reading levels.

Additionally, students, parents, and educators can use Accelerated Reader Bookfinder to help find the next great read.

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Nonfiction and close-reading

Built-in nonfiction articles keep students engaged. Students can explore articles on a variety of topics to build background knowledge and sharpen their close-reading skills.

Accelerated Reader find a book, article, or quiz screenshot - nonfiction results.

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Comprehensive practice

In addition to Accelerated Reader comprehension quizzes, a vast number of titles offer Vocabulary Practice and Literacy Skills quizzes as well.

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Monitor reading practice

Powerful reports provide quick and efficient insight into each student’s progress, freeing you to spend more time with each student.

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How it works

How does Accelerated Reader work?

Choose

Encourage students to find something to read! Accelerated Reader has quizzes on more than 200,000 books, ensuring students never run out of choices.

Read

This is the best part! Students get to read a book of their choosing. Students can read in class, at home, or out and about in the community.

Quiz

Once they finish a book, students take a short quiz on what they’ve read. Each quiz is written to ensure students have read the entire book.

Analyze

You gain instant insight into students’ quiz results. Use that data to set goals, monitor students’ continued progress, and personalize lesson plans.

GET THE MOST OUT OF ACCELERATED READER

Resources designed to help deliver meaningful results

Accelerated Reader Bookfinder

Curious what books have quizzes? Search from more than 200,000 books based on authors, topics, or titles.

AR Bookfinder

Defining ATOS

What is ATOS? How is it determined? Discover what goes into an ATOS level and how our team determines an ATOS level for each book.

ATOS and text complexity

Star Reading

Explore how Accelerated Reader integrates with Star Reading to share data across products and inform instruction.

Star Reading

It thrilled me to know that he was falling in love with reading—you could tell by listening to his voice.

Maggie Buns • Mother of a student

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Discover how Accelerated Reader accelerates growth for all learners

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The making of an Accelerated Reader quiz

See how we select books for new Accelerated Reader quizzes.

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Help students develop a true love for reading

Join the thousands of other educators seeing a difference in their schools and districts with Accelerated Reader.

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