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Star Test Activity Report

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The Star Test Activity Report shows students who have and have not tested during a specific date range. 

How do I get to this page? 

  1. Log in to Renaissance.
  2. On the Home page:
    • Renaissance Next: Select Reports under “My Data” in the left-hand sidebar; then select Reports in the sidebar under “Star / Assessment.”
    • Legacy Mode: Select Reports; then select Star / Assessment in the drop-down list.

      The Star/Assessment links.
  3. On the Star / Assessment tab on the Reports page, under “Test Status and Results,” select Star Test Activity Report.

    The Star Test Activity Report tile.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

District Level Administrators, District Dashboard Owners, District Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff, Teachers

  1. Use the Subject and Assessment Types drop-down lists to choose the assessment types to include in the report. The assessment types available will change depending on the subject chosen:
    The Subject and Assessment Types drop-down lists.
    Subject Available Assessment Type
    Reading Star Reading Enterprise
    Reading Star Reading Progress Monitoring
    Reading Star Reading Enterprise & Progress Monitoring
    Reading Star Early Literacy
    Reading Spanish Star Reading Spanish
    Reading Spanish Star Early Literacy Spanish
    Math Star Math Enterprise
    Math Star Math Progress Monitoring
    Math Star Math Enterprise & Progress Monitoring
    Math Star Math Algebra
    Math Star Math Geometry
    Math Spanish Star Math Spanish. Note: You will not need to select an assessment type; Star Math Spanish is the only assessment type and will automatically be chosen.
  2. Use the School drop-down list to select a school.
    One school being selected from the School drop-down list.
    • If you are assigned to only one school, you will not see the School drop-down list.
    • School administrators and school staff can only select their own schools.
    • Teachers can only select schools that they are assigned to.
  3. Use the Students drop-down list to select either a single class at the chosen school, or choose All Classes to select all the classes at the chosen school.
    All Classes being selected from the Students drop-down list.
    • School administrators and school staff can only select classes in their own school.
    • Teachers can only select their own classes.

    To select specific classes, groups, 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, check the box at the top of the list to select all the available choices, or make individual selections below it. You can enter search criteria in the field at the top of the window to find a specific class, group, or student. (In the "Select Students" pop-up window, district- and school-level users can select a grade to narrow down the list of students.)
    Examples of the pop-up windows that appear when the Classes, Groups, or Students links are selected. In each case, a search field at the top lets you search for specific classes, groups, or students; a check box above the listed classes, groups, or students lets you select or deselect all of them at once; and the Clear All link, Cancel button, and Save Selection buttons are at the bottom. In the Select Students window, there is a drop-down list to the left of the search field where district- and school-level users can specify a single grade to search within.

    • School administrators and school staff can only select classes, groups, or students in their own school.
    • Teachers can only select their own classes, their own groups, or students enrolled in one of their own classes.

    Once you have made your choices, select Save Selection at the bottom of the pop-up window.

  4. If you want to use demographic data to further refine the data in the report, select Choose Demographics...

    The Change Demographics button.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, Language, and Grade Level. To reduce the scope, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column.
    All ethnicities, all genders, two languages (English and Hmong), and three grade levels (grades 2, 3, and 4) have been selected.
    In the example above, the user has selected two Languages and three Grade Levels, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To reduce the scope, choose Select Characteristics... and then check each characteristic you want students in the report to have. You must also choose any or all (after "Include students with") to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.
    Two characteristics have been selected. The Apply and Cancel buttons are at the bottom.
    In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (ADA and ESL). Because any is selected, the report will include students who are ADA, ESL, or both. If all had been selected, only students who are both ADA and ESL would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.

    Once you are finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).
  5. Use the Group By drop-down list to choose how you want the information in the report to be grouped: by classes/groups, by grades, or not grouped.

    Use the Date Range drop-down list to choose the dates you want to generate the report for. You can select an existing marking period, screening window, or you can select Custom... and set your own dates (use the calendars to select a range of dates or type them in the fields using m/d/yyyy format; then select Apply to use the dates you have chosen or Cancel to close this pop-up without saving your selection). Dates can be in the current school year or up to three years prior to the current school year.

    The user has selected a Group By option, and has chosen to select custom dates. A pop-up calendar is open, allowing the user to choose the dates. The dates can also be entered in the fields above the calendar. The Apply and Cancel buttons are in the upper-right corner of the pop-up window.

    If schools use their own unique date ranges within a district screening window, those ranges will all have the same name. To help you tell them apart, the dates they cover will be added to the end of the name.

    Three Fall screening windows, with three different date ranges to differentiate them (9/1 to 9/10, 9/10 to 9/20, and 9/20 to 9/30).

  6. Under the Group By drop-down list, choose which students to include in the report: all students, students who have completed a test of the selected type, or those who haven't.

    Check Show Student ID to include student IDs in the report.

    Check Show Non-participation Status to include students' non-participation status (if any).

    Check Hide [Groups or Grades] Without Data if you want to exclude groups or grades from the report that have no testing data (the name of the box will change based on which Group By option you chose in step 5 ; if you selected Do Not Group, this box will not be present).

    The check boxes described above.
  7. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.
  8. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page.
    An example report. The testing data for each student is shown, including tests completed, those with failed practices, and incomplete, along with the date of the most recent test and the time duration. Students with no completed tests and a summary for the class are shown in separate tables.
    For each class or group, the report shows:

    • Each student's grade
    • The number of tests each student completed, did not complete due to a failed practice, and did not complete for other reasons within the selected date range (from step 5)
    • The date of the most recent test
    • Estimated Instructional Reading Levels (IRLs) (shown when the assessment type chosen in step 1 is a Star Reading test; if the Estimated IRL is not available, the student's grade level will be shown)
    • An indication of how much time the student took to finish the test:
      • Short (less time than expected)
      • Standard (about as much time as expected)
      • Long (more time than expected)—this is not affected if the student used extended time limits

      Test "Short Test Time" Message Triggered "Long Test Time" Message Triggered
      Star Early Literacy and Star Early Literacy Spanish Not applicable. More than 19 minutes
      Star Reading and Star Reading Spanish Less than 230 seconds (3 minutes 50 seconds) More than 39 minutes
      Star Math Enterprise, Star Math Algebra, and Star Math Geometry Less than 136 seconds (2 minutes 16 seconds) More than 38 minutes
      Star Math Progress Monitoring Less than 156 seconds (2 minutes 36 seconds) More than 38 minutes
      Star Math Spanish Less than 136 seconds (2 minutes 16 seconds) More than 38 minutes
    If you selected Do Not Group in step 5, the students will not be grouped; instead, they will be listed in alphabetical order.

    Below the table is a list of students who have not completed any tests, followed by a summary showing the total number of students in the class or group and the number who have and have not taken tests during the selected date range.

    If you selected Show only students with no completed tests in step 6, then this list and the summary are all that will be shown on the report.

    If a student had accommodations enabled during the test, icons indicating this will be attached to the date of the student's test (audio , accommodations , assistive technology , unlimited/extended time , or alternate response ffrp-dark-grey.png fflp-dark-grey.png ffoipp-dark-grey.png)

  9. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report. 
  10. Select the PDF icon at the top of the page or the Print or Save button above the first table in the report to create a PDF of the report. You can also select the Download Data button above the first table in the report to download a CSV (comma-separated values) version of the report that you can open in a spreadsheet program.
    The Print or Save and Download Data buttons.
  11. To return to the Reports page, select either Back to Reports or the report icon at the top of the screen.
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