The Certifications tab on the Student Details page shows you the student's current, upcoming, and achieved reading certification targets. This tab is not available if your class is using the badge target model for young students.
There are seven reader certifications that your students can earn that the program can automatically track, plus one additional certification (Honours Reader) that the program does not automatically monitor. When you set targets, you can choose a target that a student has already achieved, allowing the student to recertify at that level.
Certification Level | Criteria | Recommended Number of Recertifications |
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Ready Reader | Accumulate 5 points on books read To, read With, and/or read Independently. | No more than 5 times |
Independent Reader | Read at least 3 books Independently with a 1.2 or higher ATOS book level (or 160L Lexile®* measure) and earn 10 points on books at any level. Only books read Independently count toward the 3-book target, but books read To, With, or Independently count toward the points. | Do not recertify at this level |
Rising Reader | Read 3 books Independently with a 1.6 or higher ATOS book level (or 250L Lexile® measure) and earn 10 points on books at any level. Only books read Independently count toward the 3-book target and points. | No more than 5 times |
Super Reader | Read 3 books Independently with a 2.0 or higher ATOS book level (or 330L Lexile® measure) that are each worth at least 1 point. Only books read Independently count toward the 3-book target and points. | No more than 5 times |
Advanced Reader | Read 3 books with a 3.0 or higher ATOS book level (or 510L Lexile® measure) that are each worth at least 2 points. Only books read Independently count toward the certification. | No more than 5 times |
Star Reader | Read 3 books with a 4.0 or higher ATOS book level (or 660L Lexile® measure) that are each worth at least 4 points. Only books read Independently count toward the certification. | No more than 5 times |
Classic Reader | Read 3 books with a 6.0 or higher ATOS book level (or 900L Lexile® measure) that are each worth at least 7 points. Only books read Independently count toward certification. | No more than 5 times |
Honours Reader | Read books Independently from a special list of challenging literature (created by teachers and librarians), and accumulate 100 points from the quizzes. Teachers must track this certification manually using information in the software about books read and points earned; the software does not track this certification. TOPS Reports and the Student Performance Record Report can help teachers track this certification. | Not needed at this level |
How to Go to the Student Details Certifications Tab
Who can do this with default permissions?
School Network Level Administrators, School Network Dashboard Owners, School Network Staff, School Level Administrators, Teachers
First, on the Home page, select Accelerated Reader; then, select Record Book & Targets in the menu.
If you have access to more than one school and/or more than one class, use the drop-down lists at the top of the page to choose the school and class whose information you want to see.
Select the Certifications tab to see a class view of your students' current reading targets. (The tab is not available if you are using the badge target model for student targets.)
Select a specific student to see past and future certifications as well as the current certification target.
Changing the Selected Student
Use the Student drop-down list at the top of the page to view a different student's information. You cannot change the class or school in the Student Details, but you can change them if you select < Back to All Students to go back to the Certifications tab in the class Record Book.
Viewing the Student's Certifications
The student's Certification table shows you:
- All certification targets for this school year (and last school year if you have the View Students' Historical Assignments user permission)
- The date started, which you choose when you set the target (This may be a specific date, the start of a specific marking period, or the day after the student achieved his or her previous target.)
- The date achieved (shown if the student has achieved the target)
- The status:
- In Progress: The target has started. Any Reading Practice Quizzes that the student passes will apply toward the target.
- Upcoming: The start date for the target is in the future, so the student has not started working toward the target.
- Achieved: The student has met the target and achieved the certification.
- Not Achieved: The student had the target in a previous school year but did not achieve the target by the end of the school year. Although certification targets do not have an end date, in-progress targets do end when the school year ends. Certification targets cannot extend beyond the school year.
If you want to delete a certification target (regardless of whether it has been achieved), select Delete in the row for that target. The Delete link is available for certification targets in the current school year, but not for certification targets in the previous school year. Administrators and teachers can delete certification targets; other users do not have the Delete link.
A message will remind you that the target will be removed from student records and reports; if you want to continue, select Delete in the message. If you delete an achieved certification, it will no longer be shown on this page or on reports. If you delete a certification target that was in progress, the student will not have a certification target until you set a new one.
How Students See Their Certification Targets
To see their targets and achieved certifications, in Accelerated Reader, students select Progress on the top of the page. Then, they select the My Certifications tab. In the example below, the student has achieved the Super Reader certification; the student's current target is the Advanced Reader certification. The student can see what needs to be done to meet each target.
Other Tabs on the Student Details Page
To see the quizzes this student has taken, select the All Quizzes tab.
To see this student's reading targets, select the Student Targets tab.
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