Renaissance Place Home Connect

What is Accelerated Reader?

Shadowbriar Elementary is using a computer software program called Renaissance Place at school. This program has a component called Accelerated Reader (AR). This computer assisted assessment of student comprehension provides a summary and analysis of results to enable teachers to monitor both quantity and quality of reading practice engaged in by their students. This program also has a special feature called Renaissance Place Home Connect which is a fun, easy-to-use, easy-to-understand web-based interface that allows parents and teachers to share in their child’s educational experience by viewing progress in certain Renaissance Place programs while outside of school.

How does it work?

Students are given a STAR diagnostic test at the beginning of each nine - week grading period to determine their reading “zone”.  Students are then expected to read 30 minutes daily and earn points toward their individualized goal for each nine-week grading period. Students select novels in their “zone” from any library. After reading the novel at their own pace, the student goes to the computer and takes a multiple choice comprehension test on the book’s content. Tests may have 5, 10 or 20 questions depending on the length and difficulty of the book. The computer scores the test, awards points based on the results, and keeps a complete record. Here at Shadowbriar the AR test goal score is 10% of the student’s Language Arts grade for the nine-weeks. Parents may monitor their child’s progress by logging onto Renaissance Home Connect. Using their child’s user name and password they log to this website:

https://Hosted1.renlearn.com/230869/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

In Renaissance Home Connect parents can also

• Click Email Setup to sign up to receive emails showing their child’s quiz or test results
• Click Help to get answers to questions about Renaissance Home Connect