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Longitudinal Report

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The Longitudinal Report uses Star assessment data to compare growth for the same group of students across multiple years.

How do I get to this page?

  1. Log in to Renaissance.
  2. On the Home page, select Reports; in the drop-down list, select Administrator. (Note: If you would normally only have access to administrator reports, there will be no drop-down list; selecting Reports will take you directly to the Administrator tab.)

  3. On the Administrator tab on the Reports page, under “Star Benchmarks,” select Longitudinal Report.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

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

  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 Early Literacy
    Reading Star Reading Progress Monitoring
    Reading 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency Assessment
    Reading Spanish Star Reading Spanish
    Reading Spanish Star Early Literacy Spanish
    Math Star Math Enterprise
    Math Star Math 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 Grade drop-down list to choose which grades to include in the report. You can check individual grades or choose Select All at the bottom to check or uncheck all the grades at once.
    The Grade drop-down list, with three grades chosen.

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

    The Change Demographics button.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, and Language. To reduce the scope, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column.
    The Ethnicity, Gender, and Language filters.
    In the example above, the user has selected one Ethnicity, while leaving Gender and Language 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 Timeframe drop-down list to select which timeframe you want to create the report for (the last 3 years or the last 5 years).

    The Timeframe drop-down list.
  6. Use the Group By drop-down list to choose how you want the information in the report to be grouped (by district or school).

    The Group By drop-down list.
  7. Check Hide Groups Without Data (below the Group By drop-down list) if you want to have groups without test data omitted from the report.
  8. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.
  9. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page.
    • If you chose to group the information by district, each table will show data for the students in all the schools and grades you selected, tracking the performance of the same group of students over three (or five) years as they advance through each grade. In each table, the PR score from each student's latest test is compared to the district benchmark.

      Note: The Longitudinal Report always uses district benchmarks. If the district benchmarks are changed, you should re-run this report the next day, as all activities need to be reclassified in relation to the benchmark overnight.

      Only students who are still enrolled in the school during the current year are included in the report; students from prior years who have been unenrolled from the school since then are not included.

      Students who did not take a test in one of the included years will not be included in that year's data.

      In the current year, the most recent test is used; in prior years, the last test taken is used.

      This report shows whole-number percentages; due to rounding, the total percentages may not add up to 100% (they may add up to 99% or 101%).

      An example report, where the information has been grouped by district. The Percentile Ranks for three different grades are shown, comparing this year's most recent tests with the same students' tests in earlier school years. The number and percentage of students in each benchmark category is also shown.
      In the example above (for Star Reading), the students are being tracked over a three-year span as they move from one grade to another.
    • If you chose to group the information by school, the data is refined further, with each grade in each school having its own table, tracking the performance of the same group of students over three (or five) years. In each table, the PR score from each student's latest test is compared to the district benchmark.

      Note: The Longitudinal Report always uses district benchmarks. If the district benchmarks are changed, you should re-run this report the next day, as all activities need to be reclassified in relation to the benchmark overnight.

      Only students who are still enrolled in the school during the current year are included in the report; students from prior years who have been unenrolled from the school since then are not included.

      Students who did not take a test in one of the included years will not be included in that year's data.

      In the current year, the most recent test is used; in prior years, the last test taken is used.

      This report shows whole-number percentages; due to rounding, the total percentages may not add up to 100% (they may add up to 99% or 101%).

      An example report, where the information has been grouped by school. The Percentile Ranks for three different grades are shown, comparing this year's most recent tests with the same students' tests in two earlier school years. The number and percentage of students in each benchmark category is also shown.
      In the example above (for Star Reading), the students are being tracked over a three-year span as they move from one grade to another. Each grade in each school has its own table.
  10. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report.
  11. To print the report, select the PDF icon at the top of the screen: .
  12. 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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