Star Reading Resources

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
Star 360® Implementation Guide	Gives educators essential information about using Star 360 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.
Renaissance Everywhere	Resources to help families support student learning, regardless of which products they are using.
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	Explains test scores.
Enterprise Benchmarks and Cut Scores	Provides guidelines to help categorize student performance.
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.