Interest Level – Accelerated Reader UK

Accelerated Reader uses the following interest levels for books and articles:

LY: Indicates the content is most appropriate for students in the lower years (ages 5-8).
MY: Indicates the content is most appropriate for students in the middle years (ages 9-13).
MY+: Indicates the content is most appropriate for students in the upper middle years (ages 12 and up). Most MY+ books are marketed as YA (Young Adult) for Interest Level.
UY: Indicates the content is most appropriate for students in the upper years (ages 14 and up).

Some Teacher-Made Quizzes may not have an interest level set.

When students search for books, the names of the interest level filters they see vary based on their location. UK students will see the names described above (Lower Years, Middle Years, Middle Years Plus, and Upper Years).

In Australia, students will see:

Year: K-3
Year: 4-8
Year: 6-12
Year: 9-12

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, students will see:

Years P2-P5
Years P6-S3
Years S1-S6+
Years S4-S6+

In the Republic of Ireland, students will see:

Year: SI - 3rd Class
Year: 4th Class - 2nd Year
Year: 6th Class - 6th Year
Year: 3rd Year - 6th Year

Within each Interest Level, you will find a wide range of book levels to support students who read at, above, and below their year.

The Interest Level reflects the judgment of the book's publisher and the professionals at Renaissance. However, the final decision on whether the content of a book is appropriate for a particular student is the responsibility of school librarians, teachers, and parents.

Interest Level, Book Level, and Reading Level measure different things:

Interest Level relates to content and age appropriateness - not the difficulty or readability of the text. Books and other reading materials are assigned an Interest Level based on publisher recommendations.
Book Level measures the readability of the text of a book or other reading material. Accelerated Reader shows teachers and students both the ATOS book level and the Lexile®* measure for books.
Reading Level relates to an individual student's reading comprehension ability. Reading level indicates the most difficult text a student can comprehend based on a standardised test (such as Star Reading) or results from Reading Practice Quizzes.

You can set up restrictions for students based on interest level. Using the Interest Level Restrictions preference, you can restrict the interest levels of books that students can take quizzes for (though students can still find other quizzes, and the individual restrictions may be overridden using the authorisation password).