The Student Targets tab on the Student Details page shows you the student's progress toward reading targets. This version of the tab shows student progress toward targets set using the badges target model for young students. For students whose classes are using the two models for older students, see Student Details - Student Targets (Target Models for Older Students).
How to Go to the Student Targets Tab on the Student Details Page
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.
The Student Targets tab is selected by default; if you have selected a different tab, select Student Targets to see a class view of your students' current reading targets.
Select a specific student to see the student's progress towards targets for this school year.
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 class view.
Viewing the Student's Targets
The Student Targets tab shows you the student's totals for this school year, including the average percentage correct on Reading Practice and Article Quizzes, the number of passed quizzes compared to the target, and the reading range with the percentage of reading the student has done below, within, and above that range.
If the student's average percentage correct is above 80%, you will see a green arrow pointing up ; if it is below, you will see a red arrow pointing down
.
Under the number of quizzes passed, you will see if the student has not passed any quizzes yet. If the student is passing quizzes at a rate that makes it likely the target will be met, you will see
. If the student is not passing quizzes fast enough to meet the target at the current rate, you will see
; select the "i" icon
to see how many quizzes the student should have passed by this time. If the student meets the target exactly, you will see
. If the student passes more quizzes than is required for the target, you will see
. You will also see the percentage of the target that the student has completed; you can compare this percentage to the percentage of the marking period that has passed, which is shown below the "Reading Targets" heading; for badge targets, the marking period is the entire school year (based on the first and last days for students, which are set up when the administrator adds the school year).
For reading range (if used), you will see how much of the student's reading included books and articles with book levels below the reading range, within it, or above it. You will also see a status message:
| Message | What It Means |
|---|---|
| The student has taken Accelerated Reader quizzes, but no reading range has been set yet. Edit targets to set reading ranges and see progress. | |
| 60% or more of the student's reading has included books and articles with levels that are within the reading range (the percentage is based on points, not number of quizzes passed). The student's average percentage correct is at or above 60%, so the student seems to be comprehending what they read. | |
| 50% or more of the student's reading has included books and articles with levels below the reading range, though the student's average percentage correct is at or above 60%. The student's current reading is not challenging enough based on the range. | |
| 50% or more of the student's reading has included books and articles with levels above the reading range, and the student's average percentage correct is below 60%. The student appears to be reading material that is too challenging. | |
This message appears when:
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Editing the Targets
If you want to change the student's target, select Edit Target.
To change a range, click in the fields and update the values. If no ranges have been added, select Add; then, enter the range. For ATOS book levels, you can enter whole numbers or numbers with one decimal place (such as "5" or "5.4"). For Lexile® measures, enter whole numbers for the target (omit the "L") or "BR" for all BR levels. Below the fields, if the student has passed quizzes during the target time period, you will see the student's actual average book level, and if the student has taken a Star test, you will see the student's Zone of Proximal Development and the test date.
If you want to change the quizzes passed target, select Target Calculator under the Save Targets button. Use the Daily Reading Time drop-down list to change the amount of daily reading practice the student is expected to complete during the target time period; this helps determine how many quizzes the student should pass. Then, if the student has taken more than one Star Reading test this school year, use the Baseline Test drop-down list to choose which reading range to base the student's targets on; the ranges may be shown as Zones of Proximal Development or Lexile® ranges. The ranges shown are based on the student's test scores; you will also see the test date next to each range. Note: If the student took multiple tests on the same day, only the latest test for that date will be shown in the drop-down list.
If the student has not taken a Star Reading test, use the Reading Age drop-down list to choose the student's reading age in years; then, use the second drop-down list to choose the age in months.
Then, use the Reading Range drop-down list to choose the type of target that you want to set: Full ZPD (based on the baseline test or the reading age), Moderate (the lower end of the student's Zone of Proximal Development or Lexile® range), or Ambitious (the upper end of the student's ZPD or Lexile® range).
If you want to update the Quizzes Passed target, tick the Update Quiz Target box. (If the student does not have a Star test, the tick box is under the daily reading time, and the update is based on daily reading time and reading age.)
When you have finished, select Apply to update the student's targets. When you go back to the Student Details page, select Save Target.
Viewing the Student's Badge Progress
While teachers view student targets in terms of the number of quizzes the student will pass, students see their targets in terms of badges.
On the student detail page, below the student totals, you will see more information about the student's progress toward the badges. You will see each badge that the student has earned or is working toward as well as the target area that each badge is part of. In the example below, the student has worked on 6 out of the 6 badges that make up their target. The student has earned two 0.5-point badges.
The number of points that a book is worth determines which set of badges a book counts toward:
- Greenwood Glen is for 0.5-point books. In this area, 6 tokens are required to earn each badge.
- Timber Park is for 1-point books. In this area, 3 tokens are required to earn each badge.
- Pinnacle Peak is for 2-point books. In this area, 2 tokens are required to earn each badge.
The target areas that are shown to the student depend on the student's Star score or reading age, and the targets themselves are based on that information plus the amount of daily reading practice that you select for the student. For more detailed information about the targets that are set based on Star scores and daily reading practice, see the Target-Setting Chart for Emerging Readers. In the example above, the student needs to earn 6 badges in Greenwood Glen.
For students, Boundary Wilds is for books that do not apply to the target. It gives students a way to see the quizzes they passed for those books, but it is not shown on the Student Targets tab of the Student Details page since those books are not part of the target. The books in Boundary Wilds may be worth more than 2 points, or they may simply have a point value that does not apply to the target. For example, if a student takes a quiz on a 2-point book, but the student's target is for 0.5-point books and 1-point books, the book will be shown in Boundary Wilds.
Select Show Details next to a badge to see more information about the quizzes the student passed while working toward that badge. (For the badge that is in progress, details are shown by default.)
When you show details, you will see the student's percentage correct score on each quiz, the book level, the quiz date, the title, and the author. Next to the percentage correct, you will see a trophy if the student answered all questions correctly or a star
if the student got some questions wrong.
If the student is still working on a badge, you will see blank rows for the remaining quizzes the student needs to pass to finish the badge.
Viewing the Student's Statistics
Regardless of the tab selected on the Student Details page, at the top of the page, you will see the following information for the selected student:
- the average book level of the books the student has passed quizzes for this school year (shown as either an ATOS book level or a Lexile® level, depending on the setting of the class Lexile® Targets preference)
- the number of books the student has read this school year (based on the number of passed Reading Practice Quizzes)
- the number of articles the student has read this school year (based on the number of passed article quizzes)
- the percentage of reading that has been non-fiction (based on the points earned for fiction and non-fiction)
- the number of words the student has read based on passed quizzes
Printing and Reports
If you want to print the page, select the print icon in the gray bar toward the top of the page.
If you want to go to the Reports page, select the Reports icon in the gray bar.
Other Tabs on the Student Details Page
To see the quizzes this student has taken, select the All Quizzes tab.
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