What is Accelerated Reader?
{{Orphan|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox software | name = Accelerated Reader | logo = | caption = An Accelerated Reader reading quiz in progress, here referring to [[Sinclair Lewis]]'s ''[[Babbitt (novel)|Babbitt]]'' | author = | developer = [[Renaissance Learning]] | released = {{start date and age|1998}} | operating system = [[Windows]], [[macOS]] | platform = | genre = Educational | license = | website = {{url|https://www.renaissance.com/products/accelerated-reader/}} }} '''Accelerated Reader''' ('''AR''') is a website used to assist students with reading skills. Some research showed that AR does not help middle school students read better or make them want to read more.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Huang|first=SuHua|date=2012-01-01|title=A Mixed Method Study of the Effectiveness of the Accelerated Reader Program on Middle School Students' Reading Achievement and Motivation|url=https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol51/iss3/5|journal=Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts|volume=51|issue=3|issn=2642-8857}}</ref> Other research showed that it may be bad for high school students.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Thompson|first1=Gail|last2=Madhuri|first2=Marga|last3=Taylor|first3=Deborah|date=April 2008|title=How the Accelerated Reader Program Can Become Counterproductive for High School Students|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1598/JAAL.51.7.3|journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy|language=en|volume=51|issue=7|pages=550–560|doi=10.1598/JAAL.51.7.3}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:American educational websites]] [[Category:Educational video games]]