ACTION REQUIRED

October 4, 2000

TO The Administrator Addressed:

SUBJECT: Reminder to Submit Required Reports for Early Reading Instruments and

Accelerated Reading Instruction Program

This letter is to remind the administrator addressed that according to the Texas Education Code, §28.006, the Texas Education Agency requires three separate reports to reflect activities for the Accelerated Reading Instruction and Early Reading Instruments administered during the 1999-2000 school year. These reports are: Report of Early Reading Instruments Results, Accelerated Reading Instruction Program Evaluation, and Accelerated Reading Instruction Program Final Expenditure Report. Please be advised that all three reports are available online. If you have already submitted all three reports, please disregard this notice. Instructions for accessing these reports follow. If the password for any of these reports has been misplaced, please call Customer Assistance at 512.463.9800, menu #2 prompt, and specify the report for which you need to have a password reset.

  1. Early Reading Instruments Report, 1999-2000
  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer.
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

OR

  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. Select the Texas Reading Initiative link under the Educational Programs column on the right hand side.
  4. This will take you to the yellow Statewide Initiatives book. Click on the Early Reading Instruments Report 1999-2000 link below the book.
  5. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

*Username is the letter “r” plus your County District Number, without the hyphen. For example, Pharr-San Juan Alamo ISD’s county district number is 108-909. Therefore, PSJA ISD will use r108909 as their username.

**If this is the first time this report or the Accelerated Reading Instruction Program Evaluation is being accessed, the password is the word “password.” At this time you will be able to set a personal password. If somebody in the district has accessed either of these “r” reports previously, the password is the secure password selected for that report. Please be sure that everyone in the district who accesses an “r” report has been made aware of a password change.

2.Accelerated Reading Instruction Program Evaluation, 1999-2000

  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer.
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

OR

  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. Select the Texas Reading Initiative link under the Educational Programs column on the right hand side.
  4. This will take you to the yellow Statewide Initiatives book. Click on the book. Under the Table of Contents, click on Accelerated Reading Instruction. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on Accelerated Reading Instruction Evaluation.
  5. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

*Username is the letter “r” plus your County District Number, without the hyphen. For example, Pharr-San Juan Alamo ISD’s county district number is 108-909. Therefore, PSJA ISD will use r108909 as their username.

**If this is the first time this report or the Early Reading Instruments report is being accessed, the password is the word “password.” At this time you will be able to set a personal password. If somebody in the district has accessed either of these “r” reports previously, the password is the secure password selected for that report. Please be sure that everyone in the district who accesses an “r” report has been made aware of a password change.

3.Accelerated Reading Instruction Program Final Expenditure Report

  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer.
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

OR

  1. Open your Internet browser—either Netscape or Microsoft Explorer
  2. Type the following URL address:
  3. Select the Texas Reading Initiative link under the Educational Programs column on the right hand side.
  4. This will take you to the yellow Statewide Initiatives book. Click on the book. Under the Table of Contents, click on Accelerated Reading Instruction. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on Final Expenditure Report.
  5. This will open the secure server site; enter your username* and password.**

*Username is the letter “z” plus your County District Number, without the hyphen. For example, Pharr-San Juan Alamo ISD’s county district number is 108-909. Therefore, PSJA ISD will use z108909 as their username.

**If this is the first time this report is being accessed, the password is the word “password.” At this time you will be able to set a personal password. If somebody in the district has accessed the Interim Expenditure report previously, the password is the secure password selected for that report. Please be sure that everyone in the district who accesses a “z” report has been made aware of a password change.

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Martínez or Margaret Mahoney at (512) 463-9027.

Sincerely,

Robin Gilchrist

Assistant Commissioner

Office of Statewide Initiatives