On the Goals & Benchmarks page, you can see the Star goals that you have set for your students, and you can choose to set new goals or view or edit benchmarks for Star test scores.
How to Get to the Goals & Benchmarks Page
- Log in to Renaissance.
- On the Home page:
- Renaissance Next: Select Star in the sidebar, then select either Star Reading, Star Early Literacy, Star Math, or Star Spanish.
- Legacy Mode: Select either Star Reading, Star Early Literacy, Star Math, or Star Spanish.
- In the drop-down list, select Manage Goals & Benchmarks.
If the software goes back to the Home page after you choose Manage Goals & Benchmarks, you do not have the user permissions required to view or manage goals.
Setting New Goals
Goals can be set for students' Star Reading, Star Early Literacy, and Star Math scores, both English and Spanish (Scaled Scores, Percentile Ranks, and Student Growth Percentiles).
To set reading practice goals for the quizzes that students take in Accelerated Reader, see Accelerated Reader Goals (Record Book). To set reading certification goals, see Accelerated Reader Certifications (Record Book).
To set new Star goals for your students, select Set a Goal.
Viewing and Editing Benchmarks
To see the benchmarks that are being used for Star tests, and to make changes if necessary, select View or Edit Benchmarks.
For more information, see one of the following:
Viewing/Editing School Benchmarks
Viewing/Editing District Benchmarks
Viewing Estimated Cut Scores (for State Tests)
Viewing Goals
At the bottom of the Goals & Benchmarks page, you can see the Star goals that you have already set for the selected students. District administrators can view goals for any class, group, or students in any school. School administrators can view goals for any class, group, or students in their school. Teachers can view goals for one of their own classes or groups, and any of their students.
First, use the School and Students drop-down lists to choose which students' goals you would like to see.
- You can only choose a single school or class at a time; if you only have access to a single school or class, you will not need to make a selection.
- To select a specific class, group, or students at the chosen school, use the links below the Students drop-down list. Selecting one of these links will open a corresponding pop-up window; in that window, enter search criteria in the field at the top of the window to find a specific class, group, or students with names that include the criteria you enter (in the "Select Students" pop-up window, district- and school-level users can also select a grade to narrow down the list of students). Once you've searched, select the class, group, or students you want (for students, you can check the Students box at the top of the list to select all the available choices).
- For students, you can use the Clear All link at the bottom of the drop-down list to check or uncheck all the students at once.
Use the check boxes under the Students drop-down list to choose whether to see goals that are upcoming (the goal time period has not started), goals that are in progress, and/or goals that are completed (for which the end date has passed).
At the bottom of the page, each type of goal that you have set will be listed. (Since students can only have one goal of each type at a time, goal types will only be listed once for each subject.)
To see the status of a goal type for the students, select the arrow to the left of the goal type name.
For each type of goal, you will see the subject, the date range (and the marking period name if you chose a marking period), the goal, the student's actual performance, and the status.
For goals that are in the future (the time period has not started yet), the status will be Upcoming. If the goal has started, but the end date hasn't arrived yet, the status is In Progress. After the end date, the status shows whether the student has achieved the goal (Achieved or Not Achieved).
These types of goals may be included:
| Goal Category | Goal Type | Student Activities That Can Apply to This Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | Percentile Rank |
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| Reading | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Early Literacy |
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| Reading | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Reading |
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| Reading | Scaled Score Unified |
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| Reading | SGP - Star Early Literacy |
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| Reading | SGP - Star Reading |
|
| Reading Spanish | Percentile Rank |
|
| Reading Spanish | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Early Literacy Spanish |
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| Reading Spanish | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Reading Spanish |
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| Reading Spanish | Scaled Score Unified |
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| Reading Spanish | SGP - Star Early Literacy Spanish |
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| Reading Spanish | SGP - Star Reading Spanish |
|
| Math | Percentile Rank |
|
| Math | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Math |
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| Math | Scaled Score Unified |
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| Math | SGP - Math |
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| Math Spanish | Percentile Rank |
|
| Math Spanish | Scaled Score Enterprise - Star Math Spanish |
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| Math Spanish | Scaled Score Unified |
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| Math Spanish | SGP - Star Math Spanish |
|
You can edit a specific student's goal by selecting Edit at the end of the row for a student. On the Edit Goal page, you can make your changes, and then select Save Goals.
You can also delete a student's goal by selecting Delete in the row.
You can see students' progress toward goals in the Goal History Report.
Students cannot see their progress toward Star test goals.