Item: Renaissance Accelerated Reader
Rating: 10
Author: Melissa Thomasson

Overall Satisfaction with Renaissance Accelerated Reader

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Renaissance Accelerated Reader is used in our district to help ensure that readers are not only reading materials that are appropriate and somewhat challenging for them, but it is also used to check comprehension skills. Accelerated Reader is used in our school as a tool to encourage students to read and meet goals set by the teacher and/or the Accelerated Reader diagnosis. I personally like to have a conference with each student and have each set his/her goal at either what the program suggests or higher if I've seen that he/she is capable of a higher point goal. I have found the tool to be very useful in assigning grade-level appropriate reading materials for my students and for holding students accountable for comprehending what they are reading. My data shows that my students are making between one and two full years' growth in reading already this year. That is due in part to students having books in their hands and Accelerated Reader!

Pros and Cons

Pros

offers tests over a wide variety of children's books
encourages careful reading
helps assign a reading level range for students to be most successful

Cons

reports are easy for students to understand
program is easy to use

Most Important Features

program is easy to use
reports and data are useful and easy to understand

Return on Investment

Renaissance Accelerated Reader has encouraged my students to be better readers.
Renaissance Accelerated Reader has encouraged my students to set reading goals and work to achieve them.

Key Insights

Do you think Renaissance Accelerated Reader delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Renaissance Accelerated Reader's feature set?

Yes

Did Renaissance Accelerated Reader live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Renaissance Accelerated Reader go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Renaissance Accelerated Reader again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Google Classroom, Renaissance Star Assessments

Likelihood to Recommend

I have found Renaissance Accelerated Reader to be well-suited for elementary readers. I don't have experience using it with high school students; however, I know that for our elementary readers, there are no shortages of tests available. Our students can read trade books, articles within the program, or even stories from our textbooks and take tests on them.

Evaluating Renaissance Accelerated Reader and Competitors

Products Replaced

Key Differentiators

Price
Product Features

We wanted to make sure that tests would be available for a wide variety of books. Students are able to take tests over books they have in their homes, books in the school library, and books from their classroom library!

Evaluation Lessons Learned

We wouldn't change a thing! We are very happy with the selection of books covered. The company is also very receptive to adding tests over books not already in the system!

Renaissance Accelerated Reader Support

Support Rating

The support personnel and the agents that work with teachers are amazing. They are always available through the chat feature and can most always answer or solve a problem within minutes.

Renaissance Accelerated Reader Customer Support Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response	Poor followup

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Reading Success with Renaissance Accelerated Reader!