Can someone tell me how the accelerated reader questions are asked on each accelerated reader book a student reads. Someone on another board says they are not concrete questions that you can go back to a particular page in the book and find the answer, she says the tests are given on a computer and the test is multiple choice and all the answers are correct it is up to the student to pick out the most correct answer, there are 3 levels of tests for each book and easy test, an intermediate test and an advanced test. My son is finishing up the 5th grade he reads words at a 6th or 7th grade level my son is ADD and has visual/spatial issues he has poor comprehension skills, when we read AR books at home I will ask him questions about the book and he can quote the book back to me almost word for word but when he takes the tests on the computer he always fails the tests. I need to know how the AR tests are worded because my son’s IEP meeting for next year is set for May 18th and I am going to be asking for my son to be changed from the AR reading tests to something else that is easier. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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I tutor two 7th grade students at a charter school that uses AR. I’m not an expert but I did watch over the shoulder of one of my student’s when she took an AR test yesterday (and passed, thank goodness!).
I think most of the questions are factual and that there are definitely WRONG answers. A few of the questions might require inferential thinking.
There is a free site on the Web called www.bookadventure.org. Students read books, take multiple choice tests, and earn points for free prizes. I’ve been having my students take practice tests there before taking their AR tests. The tests seem quite similar to me. I suggest that you log on to this site and have your son take the test for the book he just read and see how he does. This may give you more insight into what his difficulty is.
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Hi, Does your son have any problems with long term memory? I have recently found out that’s an issue with my seven year old daughter. She, like your son can repeat everything back to me shortly after, but the more time that goes by, she loses the info. She also takes the same tests. Also, maybe the school can set it up to where they will read him the questions. That might make a difference.
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Good luck!!