At Mountain City Elementary students are tested using the Star Program. This program provides a reading range for each student. The reading range helps the students know their reading level.

A student selects and reads a book within his reading range. Then students earn points by taking a multiple choice test over the book. The student takes a five-, ten-, or twenty-question Accelerated Reader quiz. The computer adds the quiz result to its database and generates a report for the student and teacher.

Each book for which there is an Accelerated Reader quiz has a point value based on its readability level and length. After a student takes a quiz, he receives points based on the book's point value and how well he did on the quiz. 

Each student who meets their six week goal is rewarded with a day long field trip.

The Rewards - Fieldtrips, Fieldtrips, Fieldtrips, Fieldtrips!