The Accelerated Reading Program has been a part of a highly successful comprehensive Language Arts Program at Stingel Primary, Stingel Intermediate, and Ontario Middle School  for several years and supports Ohio’s Content Standards for language arts. The Content Standards include specific grade level indicators for the following areas:

• Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
• Acquisition of Vocabulary
• Reading Process: Concept of print, comprehension strategies, and self-monitoring strategies,
• Reading Applications
• Writing Process
• Writing Applications
• Writing Conventions
• Oral and Visual Communications
  

The Accelerated Reading Program provides a structured process for students to read at their independent reading level and develop comprehension skills.  Developing reading skills takes daily practice and the program enables teachers to monitor, guide, and intervene as needed to help students become successful readers. Through computerized tests, teachers can monitor the students’ ability to comprehend books that the students have selected to read. Research shows that by improving reading comprehension levels, students become better readers and writers. Teachers also use the results from student AR tests to target reading