Renaissance Accelerated Reader

Renaissance Accelerated Reader

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Renaissance Accelerated Reader	Score9.9 out of 10	N/A	Renaissance Accelerated Reader® is designed to save educators time by empowering them with Learnalytics® to make differentiating independent and close reading practice effortless – all while maintaining the flexibility necessary to fit within existing classroom routines. Students are engaged in reading self-selected authentic books and articles. Short comprehension quizzes and built-in close reading practice activities, combined with automatic and educator feedback, keep students…	N/A

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Considered Both Products	Renaissance Learning Andrea De Leon Library Aide/Media Specialist in Information Technology at Banquete High School (Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader Renaissance Accelerated Reader for me is better than other programs. I haven't had much experience with the other programs but for me this was the easiest to understand and to develop. I have been looking into learning more about the Renaissance Accelerated Reader program in … Incentivized Helpful? VIvian Salazar Teacher at John McKeever Elem. (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader They go hand in hand. What I loved was that when they would read a book on MyOn, it would take then directly to the AR quiz. This helped my lower leveled students who struggle when typing. I also like that they can pick whether it reads them the book or not. Incentivized Helpful? Alma Escamilla Teacher at La Joya ISD (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader Renaissance Accelerated Reader has a greater variation of books available to all students. While MyOn has its own books that are easily accessable an testable through Renaissance Accelerated Reader. I love the fact that students can read books at home that they already have, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader This program was set up by our district for our students to work with and I believe is a great program for students love reading. Incentivized Helpful? Vanessa Brown teacher at Selma City Schools (E-Learning, 51-200 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I use MyOn in conjunction with Accelerated Reader. They work hand in hand together. Incentivized Helpful? Lynn Humphrey Kindergarten Teacher at Florence One Schools (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I have not used any other products like this. I have used Accelerated Reader for about 20 years, and I have nothing else to compare it to. I have NOT used A/B Smartly, but I could not skip this question so I had to randomly select something. AR is a good product. If it … Incentivized Helpful? Stacia Guarisco High School English Teacher at Tri Junior-Senior High School (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader Renaissance Accelerated Reader offers so much more than accountability. If used properly, Renaisssance Accelerated Reader provides statistics and data teachers can use to align lessons and group students. The program offers visual reports and goal setting as well as rewards. As … Incentivized Helpful? Diane Bunn Teacher at Rector Johnson Middle School (E-Learning, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I love Renaissance Accelerated Reader because it is always consistent and it tries to keep up with and turn out products that will engage students. Accelerated Reader is the best at what it does and gives me great data to help monitor my students' reading comprehension without … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader Epic's collection of books is far superior to Ren Place's my/on. Epic is more user friendly and visually engaging. Incentivized Helpful? Vivian Dawson Paraprofession Special Education at City Schools Of Decatur, GA (F.AVE) (Education Management, 501-1000 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I have not used any of the products listed. However, AR has been my choice of product. My school system choice this product because it interfaces well with all other reading and testing programs that have been purchased. It is an excellent product, but that is a given since it … Incentivized Helpful? Kerri Ziegler Special Education Department Chair at Noblesville Schools (Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader STAR assessments work well with [Renaissance] Accelerated Reader. The STAR assessment can inform students what material they will be able to comprehend and help guide teachers when they are trying to help students find books to read. STAR assessments also help teachers focus … Incentivized Helpful? Meredith Sanders Teacher at Choctaw Tribal Schools (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I love having access to Renaissance Accelerated Reader for science class. I loved the Renaissance Accelerated Math program just as much, but currently I do not have access to it through my district. All Renaissance products I have used in my 18 years in education have been … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader We have been using Accelerated Reader for quite some years at our school district. I think it is a good program that gives students the tools to become better readers. The website is user friendly and very self explanatory. Students are able to track their progress and set … Incentivized Helpful? Stephania Sherman, Ed. D Academic and Teaching Director at Imagine Schools (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader Our teachers and students love Freckle! The students are able to interact with the platform on a student-specific pathway. The students love the pig and the interactive graphics. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I have only used AR in my classroom during the years. Incentivized Helpful? Angela Williams librarian at West Clay Elementary (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I like the Renaissance products. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I don't know another program like this. We do have many online resources that we use, but nothing like Accelerated Reader. I like that even when we use ebooks such as Capstone, we can link the book to Renaissance so that they can take the test immediately after the book ends. Incentivized Helpful? Keyanna Kimbrough Teacher at Selma City Schools (Education Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader They both are awesome. Incentivized Helpful? milecha young English Teacher at La Joya (Education Management, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I haven't used any other product like this. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader There is no comparable product. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader I know of no other product that is similar to Accelerated Reader. Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Cavazos Librarian at La Joya ISD (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader There is no other program that compares to Accelerated Reader. Incentivized Helpful? Jessica Spivey School Library Media Specialist at Selma City Schools (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader They are about the same. The only difference is that MyOn has ebooks. The tests seem to be very similar. Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer Taylor Reading Teacher at Manes R-V (Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees) Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader We use both DRA and Renaissance products in our school. I like DRA for benchmarking and for in-depth responses from students. I can use DRA to pinpoint errors because I can see the answers, unlike the STAR assessments (the placement tests given in conjunction with Accelerated … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Renaissance Accelerated Reader This is the only program like this which I have used. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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User Ratings
	Renaissance Accelerated Reader
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (9 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (9 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (2 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (25 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.5 (6 ratings)
Configurability	6.4 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	4.5 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.1 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (2 ratings)