Estimated Instructional Levels Preference – Star Help

How do I get to this page?

There are two ways to get to this preference—use whichever method you prefer.

Method 1:

Log in to Renaissance.
On the Home page, select your initials in the upper-right corner. In the drop-down list, select Edit Preferences.
On the Preferences page, select Estimated Instructional Levels in the Individual Student Preferences section of the page.

Method 2:

Log in to Renaissance.
On the Home page:
- Renaissance Next: Select Star in the sidebar, then select either Star Reading, Star Math, or Star Spanish.
- Legacy Mode: Select either Star Reading, Star Math, or Star Spanish.
In the drop-down list, select Preferences.
On the Preferences page, select Estimated Instructional Levels in the Individual Student Preferences section of the page.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

District Level Administrators: any student in any school in the district
School Level Administrators: any student in their own school
Teachers: any student in one of their own classes or groups

Star Math, Star Math Spanish, Star Reading, and Star Reading Spanish normally start a student's first test with questions slightly below the student's grade level. If the student has taken one of these tests in the past six months, the program uses the results from the last test to decide the starting difficulty level for the next one.

However, when students have an Estimated Instructional Level set, the program uses that level to decide how difficult the first question should be. Change the Estimated Instructional Level when a student's starting level does not align with the student's grade. Setting the Estimated Instructional Level will only impact the student's very first assessment or if the student has not assessed within a 180-day span.

The setting of this preference does not affect any practice questions a student may receive before a test.

After you select Estimated Instructional Level on the Preferences page, use the Schools , Classes , and Students drop-down lists to choose which students to set the preference for.
- You can only select one school at a time; only the schools available to you will be shown in the list. (If you only have access to one school, you will not need to select it.)
- You can only select one class at a time; only the classes available to you will be shown in the list. (If you only have access to one class, you will not need to select it.)
- All of the students in the selected class will be shown in the Students list. You can check them one at a time, or you can choose Select All at the bottom to check/uncheck all of the students at once. (If you only have access to one student, you will not need to select them.)
For each student, select a grade level from the drop-down lists after the student's name in the Instructional Reading Level column (for Star Reading and Star Reading Spanish) and Math Instructional Level (for Star Math and Star Math Spanish).

To set the same preference for all the students shown at the same time, select Set All... , select grade levels for Instructional Reading Level and/or Math Instructional Level , and then select Apply to All .
When you have finished making your changes, select Save Changes to save them (you will see a confirmation message once your changes have been saved). You can also select Undo Changes to undo your changes to the preference setting.
Select Back at the top of the page to return to the Preferences page when you are done.