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Word Count Report

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The Word Count Report provides word count information for the Reading Practice, Other Reading, and Article Quizzes each student has taken within the reporting period. For each quiz type, the report shows the number of quizzes the student has passed and taken and the total word count. You will also see overall totals.

Students receive credit for all words in a title when they pass a quiz. Note: If retaking quizzes is allowed, and a student took a quiz more than once in the time period that you choose for this report, the quiz will only be included once in the word count.

If your students have taken only Literacy Skills Quizzes for some titles (without also taking the Reading Practice Quizzes), the word count totals that they see on their progress pages will be different from what is shown in this report.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

District Level Administrators, District Dashboard Owners, District Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff, Teachers

  1. On the Home page, select Accelerated Reader Independent Reading; then, select Reports from the menu. (If you select Reports on the Home page instead, select Accelerated Reader / Reading Practice if a menu opens when you select the tile.)
    select Accelerated Reader, then Reports
  2. On the Reports page, the Accelerated Reader/Reading Practice tab is selected. In the Certification and Achievement section of the page, select Word Count Report. (If you have added the report to the Pinned Reports, you'll find it under that section at the top of the page.)
    the Word Count Report tile
  3. Next, select Choose Students to choose which students will be in the report.
    the Choose Students button
  4. Choose the students to include in the report. Teachers can only choose students in their own classes and groups.
    1. In the popup window, if there is a Schools column, select a school. (This column isn't available if you only have access to one school.)
      the selection window with the Schools, Teachers, Classes, and Groups columns
    2. If the Teachers column is available, at the top of the column, choose either All Teachers (to choose all the teachers in the school) or Select Teachers (to choose specific teachers; check the ones you want in the list). This column is not available to teachers unless they are assigned to more than one school.
    3. At the top of the Classes column, choose either All Classes (to choose all the classes for the teachers) or Select Classes (to choose specific classes; check the ones you want in the list).
    4. Teachers, school administrators, and school staff will also see a Groups column. At the top of the Groups column, choose either All Groups or Select Groups; if you choose Select Groups, check the groups that you want to include. The first choice in the column is "Whole Class" or "Whole Classes"; choose this to report on the class(es) as a whole. Below that, you will see groups you created.
    5. You may need to scroll to the right to see the Students column. At the top of the Students column, choose either All Students (to choose all the students) or Select Students (to choose specific students; check the ones you want in the list).
      the selection window with the Teachers, Classes, Groups, and Students columns

You can search the items in a column by clicking within that column and then typing Ctrl+F or control-F on the keyboard.

When you are done making your choices, select Apply (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).

  1. If you want to use demographic data to focus the report on specific students, select Choose Demographics.
    the Choose Demographics button
    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, Language (the students' primary language, if specified), and Grade Level. To focus the report on specific groups, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column. Note that ethnicity, gender, primary language, and grade level may be specified for students when you add them to the software, but only grades are required; other information may not be available for your students.
    the demographics window with Spanish and grades 6-8 selected
    In the example above, the user has selected one Language and three Grade Levels, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To focus the report on students with specific characteristics, choose Select Characteristics; then, check the characteristics that you are interested in. You must also choose any or all above the check boxes to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.
    characteristics in the selection window with ADA and ESL selected
    In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (ADA and ESL). Because any is selected, the report will include students who are ADA, ESL, or both. If all had been selected, only students who are both ADA and ESL would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.

    Once you have finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).
  2. Next, choose how you want to group the students on the report. You can group students by classes/group or by grade, or you can choose not to group the students and to list all students alphabetically.
    the Group By drop-down list with the Classes/Groups, Grades, and Do Not Group options
  3. By default, the report will include the current school year. If you want to choose a marking period or custom dates instead, select the date field.
    the date range field
    If you want to use one of the marking periods that have been added for your school, select the marking period in the list.
    example of the drop-down list with marking periods
    If you want to use custom dates, select Custom. In the calendars, select the first date in the range; then, select the last date. (Use the arrows to the left and right of the months to go back or forward.)
    the Custom link
    example of the calendar used to select the start and end dates of a custom date range
  4. If you are grouping by class or group, and you only want to include those that have data, check Hide Groups Without Data.
    the Hide Groups Without Data check box
  5. Select Update Report under the options.
  6. The report will open under the button, with the class or group and teacher names above the table(s). For each student and quiz type, you will see the number of quizzes passed and taken and the total word count for passed quizzes. In each table, you will also see totals for the student and the class or group. You can sort the information on the report by a specific column by clicking the column heading.
    example of the report
    If you want to print the report, select the PDF icon in the top right corner of the page. A PDF of the report will open in a new tab, where you can print or save the report.
    the PDF icon
    When you're ready to leave the page, you can select the Home button to go back to the Home page. To go back to the Reports page, select the Reports button (circled below) or the Back to Reports link.
    the reports icon and the Back to Reports link
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