Checotah Middle School’s Accelerated Reader Policy

• Every CMS Student is required to earn 9 AR points for each quarter of school, unless their personal goal (based on STAR Test reading level) is fewer than 9, in which they will then just meet their personal goal.

• Students take AR tests with their reading teachers during their reading class or during WIN.

• Points come from BOOKS, not the articles found in Accelerated Reader.

• Students should bring their books with them to the teacher when they are ready to test.

• Tests that are taken that do not meet these parameters will be deactivated by the reading teachers.

• Testing is turned off on weekends and on weekdays: after 3:04 until 8:00 am the next day.

• Points do not carry over.  (example:  you cannot earn 40 points on one book in August and be done for the entire school year)

• Books read and tested as Whole Class Novels may count towards your 9 points.

• Time should be given during every WIN class to read.

• At the end of the quarter (9 weeks), any student without 9 points becomes ineligible the following week.  

• If a student is ineligible, they are ineligible all week (Monday through Friday) and cannot participate in events or activities until the following week, just like the academic/gradebook ineligibility rules. (adopted 1/12/23)

• If a student is ineligible, the teachers will try to work with Mrs. Coleman on visiting the library, however, each grade has a specific day they visit the library, and it is best to stick to the calendar.