St. Bonaventure School uses Renaissance Learning software applications for Accelerated Reader. Your child is tested three times a year for their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) using STAR Reader Diagnostic software. This ZPD is used to help them select books at a successful reading level. The ZPD s are held on file in the library; you may check on your student s ZPD at any time. This computerized reading enrichment program is individualized, allowing each student to move at his or her own pace and level of ability. We value this program and its success rate so much that the Accelerated Reader program is required school wide and is incorporated into the student s reading grade.
