STAR Reading

STAR: Reading
Cost	Technology, Human Resources, and Accommodations for Special Needs	Service & Support	Purpose & Other Implementation Information	Usage & Reporting
Cost per student for year 1: $7.89 per student based on 200 students (including a $0.39 per student fee). The one-time fee for STAR Reading is $1,499.00. It includes STAR Reading software, software/technical manual, installation guide, testing instructions, and remote installation and setup. Cost for subsequent years: $0.39 per student per year ($100 minimum). It includes software upgrades, updates, expert technical support, district-wide management, and reporting access. Other pricing models are available. .	Computer access is required. Testers will require less than 1 hour of training. Paraprofessionals can administer the test. Accommodations: STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment, and the difficulty of items is adjusted automatically to reflect the skill level of a student, including students with special needs. The keyboard is the default input device. STAR Reading does not require students be computer literate or be able to operate the mouse. Computer-literate students should have no advantage over those with limited computer skills, including those with physical disabilities that prevent use of complex combinations of keystrokes.	Renaissance Learning, Inc. PO Box 8036 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 http://www.renlearn.com Phone: (800) 338-4204 Field tested training manuals are available and should provide all implementation information. Ongoing technical support is available from the Renaissance Learning technical support staff.	STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment of general reading achievement and comprehension that can be administered to individuals or groups of students in grades 1 to 12 in approximately 10 minutes. The tool provides information on student performance in reading. The difficulty of items is adjusted automatically to reflect the skill level of all students, including students with special needs. The test was normed using a nationally representative sample of 29,627 students from 47 states.	STAR Reading takes approximately 10 minutes to administer the test. Scoring is automated and does not require any additional time. STAR Reading uses a proprietary, Rasch-based, 1-parameter logistic response model to calculate scores that range from 1 to 1400. Norm-referenced scaled scores, grade equivalent scores, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalent scores are available. Scores indicating instructional learning level and zone of proximal development are also available. Reports generated automatically by STAR Reading can include all of these scores. Vertical scaling allows students’ progress to be monitored across grades rather than just within a grade, and a student’s most recent performance can be compared with the results of previous assessments in order to monitor progress. STAR Reading provides data that teachers can use to determine relative growth and absolute growth, and the technical manual explains the difference between the two. Scaled scores can be graphed to show a growth curve. The number of alternate forms is virtually unlimited because STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment.

STAR: Reading

Cost

Technology, Human Resources, and Accommodations for Special Needs

Service & Support

Purpose & Other Implementation Information

Usage & Reporting

Cost per student for year 1:

$7.89 per student based on 200 students (including a $0.39 per student fee).

The one-time fee for STAR Reading is $1,499.00. It includes STAR Reading software, software/technical manual, installation guide, testing instructions, and remote installation and setup.

Cost for subsequent years:

$0.39 per student per year ($100 minimum). It includes software upgrades, updates, expert technical support, district-wide management, and reporting access.

Other pricing models are available.

Computer access is required.

Testers will require less than 1 hour of training.

Paraprofessionals can administer the test.

Accommodations:

STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment, and the difficulty of items is adjusted automatically to reflect the skill level of a student, including students with special needs.

The keyboard is the default input device. STAR Reading does not require students be computer literate or be able to operate the mouse. Computer-literate students should have no advantage over those with limited computer skills, including those with physical disabilities that prevent use of complex combinations of keystrokes.

Renaissance Learning, Inc.
PO Box 8036 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
http://www.renlearn.com
Phone: (800) 338-4204

Field tested training manuals are available and should provide all implementation information.

Ongoing technical support is available from the Renaissance Learning technical support staff.

STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment of general reading achievement and comprehension that can be administered to individuals or groups of students in grades 1 to 12 in approximately 10 minutes.

The tool provides information on student performance in reading. The difficulty of items is adjusted automatically to reflect the skill level of all students, including students with special needs.

The test was normed using a nationally representative sample of 29,627 students from 47 states.

STAR Reading takes approximately 10 minutes to administer the test. Scoring is automated and does not require any additional time.

STAR Reading uses a proprietary, Rasch-based, 1-parameter logistic response model to calculate scores that range from 1 to 1400.

Norm-referenced scaled scores, grade equivalent scores, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalent scores are available. Scores indicating instructional learning level and zone of proximal development are also available. Reports generated automatically by STAR Reading can include all of these scores.

Vertical scaling allows students’ progress to be monitored across grades rather than just within a grade, and a student’s most recent performance can be compared with the results of previous assessments in order to monitor progress. STAR Reading provides data that teachers can use to determine relative growth and absolute growth, and the technical manual explains the difference between the two. Scaled scores can be graphed to show a growth curve.

The number of alternate forms is virtually unlimited because STAR Reading is a computer-adaptive assessment.