A number of resources are available to help you use Star Reading in the classroom more effectively:
| Test Administration | ||
| Star Reading Test Administration Manual | Provides preparation checklist and sample script to use with students taking the Star Reading test. | |
| Star Reading Sample Items | Examples of test items students may see during a Star Reading test. | |
| Implementation | ||
| Renaissance Star Implementation Guide | Gives educators essential information about using Star assessments. | |
| Tips for Getting Started | Provides helpful hints to get you started using the program. | |
| At-Home Reading Activities | Provides simple activities that parents or guardians can do with children in grades K–3 to strengthen their reading skills. | |
| K–3 Guidance for Renaissance Star Assessments® | Guidelines to help you decide which Renaissance Star assessment to administer to your kindergarten through grade 3 students. | |
| References | ||
| Score Definitions (English) | Explains test scores (English language). | |
| Score Definitions (Spanish) | Explains test scores (Spanish language). | |
| Unified Benchmarks and Cut Scores | Provides guidelines using the Unified scale to help categorize student performance. | |
| Star State Linking Studies | Provides links to technical papers that describe the linking of Star Reading to state assessments. | |
| Star Assessments™ for Reading Technical Manual | Provides technical information about how the program was developed. | |
| Student Growth Percentiles—Learn More | Explains Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) and defines testing windows. | |
| Kindergarten Literacy Readiness Indicators: Enterprise Scale | Provides list of initial early literacy skills expected of kindergarteners and sample parent letter for communicating students' progress. | |
| Kindergarten Literacy Readiness Indicators: Unified Scale | Provides list of initial early literacy skills expected of kindergarteners and sample parent letter for communicating students' progress. | |
| Grade Three Reading Proficiency Indicators: Enterprise Scale | Provides lists of skills designating reading proficiency from kindergarten through third grade, and sample parent letters for communicating students' progress. | |
| Grade Three Reading Proficiency Indicators: Unified Scale | Provides lists of skills designating reading proficiency from kindergarten through third grade, and sample parent letters for communicating students' progress. | |
| College Readiness (ACT Indicator) Reference Tables | The product of a research study linking Star and ACT's EXPLORE test that can be used as a predictive indicator of the extent to which students are on track to be college ready by the end of the 12th grade. | |
| Core Progress Learning Progression | ||
| Core Progress® for Reading | An empirically validated learning progression. | |