Sentence examples for accelerated reader from inspiring English sources

The pain of taking yet another accelerated reader exam and hopefully moving up on the Lexile ladder.

Accelerated Reader, introduced in 1986, is currently used in more than 75,000 schools, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Librarians and teachers report that students will almost always refuse to read a book not on the Accelerated Reader list, because they won't receive points.

To the Editor: I share Straight's concern that programs like Accelerated Reader will kill kids' love of reading and of learning in general.

Many classic novels that have helped readers fall in love with story, language and character are awarded very few points by Accelerated Reader.

Defenders of the program say the problem isn't with Accelerated Reader itself, but with how it is often implemented, with the emphasis on point-gathering above all else.

Each small entry becomes, for the latter-day reader, an accelerated particle in a narrative now moving faster than the speed of life.

Like Oskar and his family and associates, the reader accelerates toward modernity.

Why is the newspaper business losing readers at an accelerated rate while television viewership is stronger than ever?

As newspapers suffer through steep losses in circulation and advertising, Mr. Morton says many of them have accelerated the process by offering readers less, trying to cut costs and preserve unrealistic profit margins.

The 2001 recession and the industry's accelerating loss of readers and advertisers to the Internet led to more rounds of cuts.