1. 2018-2019 High School STAR Test Administration 101
Raani Agrawal, ELA Interventionist
Joseph Downey, ELA Interventionist

2. STAR: Table of Contents
Overview
 Administration 
Reporting
Resources
STAR: Table of Contents

3. Given 3x/Year (Grades 1 to 12)
Computer-Adaptive, Formative Assessment
Standards-Based 
Reading  and Math
Given 3x/Year (Grades 1 to 12)
Provides Baseline Data - Progress Monitoring
STAR Overview:
Computer Adaptative:  The first administration of STAR usually begins with questions one or two grades below grade placement.  On the student's second and subsequent test administrations, STAR looks at the student's previous STAR scores.

4. Questions 11-34 (Reading Comp + Ltd. Vocab)
STAR Overview:
34 Questions Total
Questions 1-10(Vocab)
Questions 11-34 (Reading Comp + Ltd. Vocab)
Timing: Avg. Completion Time: min
45 Seconds per Vocab Question
90 Seconds per Reading Comp Question

5. FIVE DOMAINS TESTED
Understanding Author's Craft
Covers the understanding and analysis of an author’s use of language and literary devices to create certain effects.
Analyzing Argument and Evaluating Data
Covers the recognition, analysis, and evaluation of argument in persuasive, editorial, and academic writing.
Word Knowledge and Skills
Covers knowledge and understanding of vocabulary as well as the ability to use the strategies.
Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning
Covers strategies such as self-monitoring, making predictions, drawing conclusions, and using organizational structure of text to improve understanding.
Analyzing Literary Text
Covers the exploration of plot, setting, character, theme, and point of view in literary text, as well as the characteristics of different genres.
STAR Overview:
STAR Reading Sample Items:

6. STAR Overview: Percentile Rank (PR)
Expresses student's ability relative to the scores of other students of a similar age.
Ranges from 1–99 ​%
STAR Overview:
Grade Equivalency (GE)
Comparison of student performance to grade level norms
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)​
  Defines the readability range from which students should be selecting books to ensure sufficient comprehension.
Instructional Reading Level (IRL)
Grade level of material with which students can most effectively be taught.
Scaled Score (SS) ​
Students' Raw Score​
Ranges from 0 to 1400

7. Student Growth Percentile (SGP)
Compares a student’s growth from one period to the next with that of his or her academic peers (same-grade students with a similar scaled score history). 
SGPs range from 1–99% 
Lower numbers show lower growth; higher numbers indicate higher growth. A student with an SGP of 35% grew faster than 35% of academic peers. 
 An SGP of 35% or higher suggests growth.
STAR Overview:

8. STAR Administration
Part II:

9. STAR Administration: How to Access the STAR: Teachers and Students
Student Resources
STAR
Easy Link: 

10. STAR Administration: Teachers' Usernames and Passwords
Username:  First Initial Last Name
Example: Jdowney
Password: You will be receiving this shortly.
STAR Administration: Teachers' Usernames and Passwords

11. STAR Administration: Students' Usernames and PasswordsF
Cheat Sheet:  Students' usernames are their first initial first four digits of their last name.  If they have trouble logging on, have them add a number to their last name (example: 1, 2, 3, 4...).  If they are still having trouble logging on, chances are that they entered their information incorrectly.

12. How to Administer Student answers practice questions
Student logs into Renaissance Place
Student selects STAR Reading
Student selects class
Monitor password will start test: admin
Student answers practice questions 
Student answers actual test questions 
Student finishes test and is logged out 
The teacher can then review student data
How to Administer 

13. How to Stop and Resume a test
An unfinished test can only be resumed within eight calendar days of the interruption.  The student would have needed to pause the test before exiting it. When they log back in and click on the assessment tile they will need to click resume. If they just closed out of the assessment without pausing it they would need to start over from the beginning when they go back into the site.
If they simply shut their laptop lid, they would have gotten timed out of each question and each question it times out for would be counted as incorrect. The test results would show on reports run.

14. Diagnostic Report State Standards Report by Class
Part III: STAR Reports
Diagnostic Report
State Standards Report by Class

16. STAR Reports: Diagnostic Report

17. STAR Reports: Diagnostic Report

18. STAR Reports: State Standards by Class Report
Groups students based on performance of individual standards
Students are placed in three groups- Above, Within, Below 

19. STAR Reports: State Standards by Class Report
Groups students based on performance of individual standards Students are placed in three groups: Above, Within, Below

20. Part IV: STAR Resources

21. Success with STAR: ELA Workshop – STAR Resources

22. https://padlet.com/jdowney3/Highschool Password: hsstar

23. Questions?
Any