Early Numeracy - Alexandria

STAR Early Literacy EnterpriseTM is the leading computer-based diagnostic assessment of early literacy skills developed for Pre-K?3 students. STAR Early Literacy Enterprise tracks development in three domains and ten sub-domains:

Word Facility and Skills ? Alphabetic Principle ? Concept of Word ? Visual Discrimination ? Phonemic Awareness ? Phonics ? Structural Analysis ? Vocabulary

Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning

? Sentence-Level Comprehension

? Paragraph-Level Comprehension

Numbers and Operations ? Early Numeracy

STAR Reading EnterpriseTM is an assessment of reading comprehension and skills for independent readers through grade 12. STAR Reading Enterprise tracks development in five domains:

? Word Knowledge and Skills ? Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning ? Analyzing Literary Text ? Understanding Author's Craft ? Analyzing Argument and Evaluating Text

STAR Math EnterpriseTM is an assessment of math achievement for students in grades 1?12. STAR Math Enterprise tracks development in four domains:

? Numbers and Operations

? Algebra

? Geometry and Measurement

? Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

What are computer-adaptive tests?

All STAR assessments are computer-adaptive tests (CATs). Computer-adaptive tests continually adjust the difficulty of each child's test by choosing each test question based on the child's previous response. If the child answers a question correctly, the difficulty level of the next item is increased. If the child misses a question, the difficulty level is decreased. CATs save testing time and spare your child the frustration of items that are too difficult and the boredom of items that are too easy.

What are STAR assessments used for?

The STAR assessments are often used to screen students for their reading and math achievement levels. STAR Reading and STAR MathTM assessments help determine reading and math achievement levels in order to place students into the Accelerated ReaderTM and Accelerated MathTM programs. STAR Early Literacy Enterprise assessments help educators monitor students' growing literacy skills and students' progress toward becoming independent readers. STAR Reading Spanish assessments help educators working in bilingual and dual-language programs to inform instruction, match students to books, and monitor Spanish reading growth. In English-only programs, educators can use STAR Reading Spanish to determine the Spanish reading level of incoming English language learner students to help inform instruction.

STAR EnterpriseTM assessments can also be used to monitor student growth throughout the year, to estimate students' understanding of state standards, and predict students' performance on the state test. In addition, STAR can help teachers determine appropriate instructional levels and skills that students are ready to learn.

What kind of score does my child get?

For every STAR assessment, your child receives a scaled score (SS), which is based on the difficulty of the questions and the number of correct answers. Scaled scores are useful for comparing your child's performance over time and across grades. STAR Reading and STAR Math scaled scores range from 0?1400. STAR Early Literacy Enterprise scaled scores range from 300?900. For STAR Reading Spanish, the Spanish scaled scores range from 0?780.

STAR offers educators a variety of scores and reports. Some STAR scores compare your child's performance to a specific criteria or to a standard (criterion-referenced scores). STAR Enterprise reports also include scores which compare your child's performance to other students who have taken the same test (norm-referenced scores). The criterion- and normreferenced scores are based on the scaled score

Benchmarks, Cut Scores, and Growth Rates

To interpret screening results, schools often use benchmarks and cut scores. These scores help educators identify which students require some form of intervention to accelerate growth and move toward proficiency, and which students are already high performing.

Please note: the table below includes benchmarks for a specific point in time. For the most precise benchmarks based on the exact day(s) your students were tested, rely on the STARTM reports.

Benchmarks are the minimum performance levels students are expected to reach by certain points of the year in order to meet end-of-year performance goals. The end-of-year benchmark typically represents the minimum level of performance required by state or local standards. Benchmarks are always grade specific, e.g., the 3rd grade benchmark.

A cut score is used to determine which students may need additional assistance to move toward the end-of-year benchmark.

Moderate growth rate is the amount a typical student is expected to grow per week. Based on national data, 50 percent of the students who started at this level were able to achieve this growth rate. Student Growth Percentile (SGP), now found on the Growth Report, can also help an educator determine if a student is growing adequately between screening windows.

Grade

1

2

Percentile

10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90

Fall September

Scaled Est. Score ORFa

64

9

67

12

69

13

73

16

76

18

98

29

205

56

87

26

106

31

126

35

189

49

224

58

322

84

410

108

Winter January

Scaled Est. Score ORFa

71

15

76

18

79

20

87

25

95

28

170

46

269

73

107

32

162

42

183

47

239

61

274

71

370

98

465

122

Spring May

Scaled Est. Score ORFa

78

19

88

25

95

28

133

37

164

44

251

68

339

89

164

43

217

56

239

61

291

76

327

86

427

112

525

142

Moderate Growth Rate Scaled Score/

Week

1.4 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.9 5.5 4.7 2.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.3

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Benchmarks, Cut Scores, and Growth Rates

Grade

3 4 5 6 7 8

Percentile

10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90

Fall September

Scaled Score

177

Est. ORFa

48

235

57

259

62

319

75

357

84

461

111

561

136

265

61

324

74

350

80

415

96

458

106

568

131

689

152

337

411

444

514

560

707

900

414

494

525

614

671

897

1098

464

552

585

696

795

1026

1266

517

621

665

830

908

1202

1327

Winter January

Scaled Score

215

Est. ORFa

54

272

65

294

70

357

84

392

95

500

120

613

150

287

66

353

81

375

87

449

104

487

112

612

139

774

176

363

441

465

544

592

779

955

439

518

554

647

716

939

1185

474

570

611

736

843

1103

1302

536

646

696

865

942

1241

1335

Spring May

Scaled Score

255

Est. ORFa

61

311

73

334

78

393

95

436

105

547

132

673

161

318

73

379

88

406

95

476

110

520

120

659

147

853

190

386

463

492

573

630

846

1048

459

544

578

684

779

997

1251

497

596

638

790

884

1175

1323

557

675

729

899

979

1288

1342

Moderate Growth Rate Scaled Score/

Week

3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.8 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 1.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.4 1.8 1.3 0.3

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Benchmarks, Cut Scores, and Growth Rates

Grade

9 10 11 12

Percentile

10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90

Fall September Scaled Est. Score ORFa

580 699 773 911 991 1295 1343 637 777 844 968 1101 1315 1344 643 802 866 1012 1161 1325 1344 675 865 917 1122 1219 1332 1345

Winter January Scaled Est. Score ORFa

606 727 802 934 1044 1295 1343 637 777 844 974 1118 1317 1344 652 822 882 1040 1170 1325 1344 683 873 920 1133 1226 1336 1345

a. Est. ORF: Estimated Oral Reading Fluency is only reported for grades 1?4.

Spring May

Scaled Est. Score ORFa

630 769 836 963 1092 1312 1344 638 795 860 1001 1154 1323 1344 671 843 897 1064 1185 1329 1344 702 880 924 1143 1233 1339 1345

Moderate Growth Rate Scaled Score/

Week

2.0 1.9 2.0 1.4 1.6 0.4 0.1 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.9 0.2 < .01 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.1 < .01 < .01 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 < .01 < .01

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Benchmarks, Cut Scores, and Growth Rates

Grade

1

2

To interpret screening results, schools often use benchmarks and cut scores. These scores help educators identify which students require some form of intervention to accelerate growth and move toward proficiency, and which students are already high performing.

Please note: the table below includes benchmarks for a specific point in time. For the most precise benchmarks based on the exact day(s) your students were tested, rely on the STARTM reports.

Benchmarks are the minimum performance levels students are expected to reach by certain points of the year in order to meet end-of-year performance goals. The end-of-year benchmark typically represents the minimum level of performance required by state or local standards. Benchmarks are always grade specific, e.g., the 3rd grade benchmark.

A cut score is used to determine which students may need additional assistance to move toward the end-of-year benchmark.

Moderate growth rate is the amount a typical student is expected to grow per week. Based on national data, 50 percent of the students who started at this level were able to achieve this growth rate. Student Growth Percentile (SGP), now found on the Growth Report, can also help an educator determine if a student is growing adequately between screening windows. High school level data is still being analyzed and will be available soon.

Percentile

10 20 25 40 50 75 90 10 20 25 40 50 75 90

Fall September

Scaled Score

151 188 202 238 263 327 390 297 341 357 394 414 467 515

Winter January

Scaled Score

215 253 267 302 327 389 449 349 389 403 438 458 512 562

Spring May

Scaled Score

278 318 333 367 390 451 508 402 438 449 482 502 558 609

Moderate Growth Rate Scaled Score/

Week

5.8 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.2 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0

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