[senco-forum] Accelerated Reader

The thing with it is that you are reading normal texts, not ones designed 
for SpLD/ relucatnt readers. In the USA where it is used in 60,000 schools, 
they have 40 minute supervised daily sessions! At the reading day the 
Guardian put on, the feedback was that it was very expensive and children 
just skimmed for the answers to the multiple choice questions.
I'm sure the hamburger voucher rewards were a great incentive in the USA!
Best wishes
Julia Rowlandson
Educational Consultant - Barrington Stoke
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Akroyd" <k.akroyd at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:53 PM
Subject: [senco-forum] Accelerated Reader

Does anyone have experience of using 'Accelerated Reader' ? We are 
particularly interested in claims that it can motivate and have impact in 
PRU/ EBD settings.
Karen