Re: [LM_NET] Specifics of online AR

[Susan Beall <sbeall@MLSD.WEDNET.EDU>]

I just did the math
$599 set up
$4 per kid  (300+) = $1200

1st year cost = $1799

$1799/ $2.69(cost per test) = 668.77 tests I could purchase.

2nd year   $399 + $1200 (4 per kid) = $1599/ 2.69=  594.42 tests I 
could purchase.

I don't have 100,000 titles for which I need AR tests nor do I spend 
the above amounts on tests each year.

Also last year when I was checking into AR Renaissance Place,  we 
weren't going to get any credit for the thousands of tests we already 
own, so basically we would pay $4 per kid to take tests which we 
already own.

I could go on but I will step off my soap box.


Susan Beall
sbeall@mlsd.wednet.edu
Elementary Library Coordinator
Moses Lake School District
Moses Lake, WA

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