Is accelerated reader accurate/effective?

We are considering a private elementary school for our son and they use the accelerated reader program. Is anyone familiar with it? Is it any good or effective?

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Asked by Anonymous at 8:49 PM on Feb. 10, 2013 in General Parenting

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WHY ANON? Is accelerated reader a bad thing? Or a private, personal matter?

Answer by Anonymous at 8:53 PM on Feb. 10, 2013

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Answer by Anonymous at 8:59 PM on Feb. 10, 2013

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It's effective

Answer by Anonymous at 8:59 PM on Feb. 10, 2013

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Do they only do that in private schools now? I went to like 5 different public schools growing up and I always had to do AR.

Answer by Hollyhock. at 9:21 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
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They do AR at my son's public school.

Answer by kmath at 9:33 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
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I like the AR program. My granddaughter has it in public school

Answer by Mrs_Prissy at 9:38 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
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Nope, they don't do it here in NM.

Comment by Anonymous (original poster) at 10:05 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
My oldest uses AR. I'm okay with it.

Answer by Ginger0104 at 10:24 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
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It's okay. It just depends on how the school uses it. I have seen teachers tell students that they can't check out certain books because it needs to be an AR book or its not enough points, etc. as long as the child is reading, why does it matter what book they read- AR or not.

Answer by JeremysMom at 11:17 PM on Feb. 10, 2013
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I tok it in high school because I have always excelled in english and it ws highly effective for me. The more excelersted classes that he is interested in the better and he will learn so much more.

Answer by Im-HiDdEn at 9:30 AM on Feb. 11, 2013
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