Reading – Scaled Score Unified Goal

Goals are set at the individual student level. When you set a Scaled Score goal for Reading, you set a target Scaled Score that you want the student(s) to reach and a time frame for them to achieve that goal.

1. On the Set a Goal page, use the School and Students drop-down lists to choose which students to set the goal for.
   
   
   • You can only choose a single school or class at a time; if you only have access to a single school or class, you will not need to make a selection.
   • To select a specific class, group, 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, enter search criteria in the field at the top of the window to find a specific class, group, or students with names that include the criteria you enter (in the "Select Students" pop-up window, district- and school-level users can also select a grade to narrow down the list of students). Once you've searched, select the class, group, or students you want (for students, you can check the Students box at the top of the list to select all the available choices).
     
   • You can only set Star goals for classes that have at least one of the following products assigned: Star Early Literacy, Star Early Literacy Spanish, Star Math, Star Math Spanish, Star Reading, and/or Star Reading Spanish.
   • To set reading practice goals for the quizzes that students take in Accelerated Reader, see Accelerated Reader Goals (Record Book). To set reading certification goals, see Accelerated Reader Certifications (Record Book).
2. Next, after "Type of goal," use the drop-down lists and select Reading for the goal category and Scaled Score Unified for the goal type.
   
3. After you make those selections, the "Set goal options" section of the page will open. Select the Goal start and end dates drop-down list and choose the marking period during which the students should be working towards this goal (the dates for the marking periods are also shown next to their names).
   
   
   

   If you choose a marking period, the goal time period will be tied to that marking period; if changes are made to the marking period, the goal time period will change with it.

   You can also select Custom... and then set a custom date range instead of using a marking period. Enter start and end dates in the fields by using the calendars to select a range of dates; then select Apply to use the dates you have chosen (or Cancel to close this pop-up without saving your selection).
4. Enter a name for the goal or intervention .
5. Select the student activities that apply towards achieving the goal .
   
6. Initially, you will set a single goal level for all the selected students (but you will be able to change individual student goals later if you wish). Select one of the levels presented here: Moderate (50 SGP), Moderately Ambitious (65 SGP), or Ambitious (75 SGP) .
7. Once you have set the goal options, select Apply .
8. At the bottom of the page, you will see a table with all the selected students—each student's Scaled Score (from their most recent test) is shown, along with a calculated goal (based on the level you chose and the date you want the student to reach the goal by —students who have not taken a test yet will still have a calculated goal, but it will be based on a Scaled Score that a student in that grade would typically have at the start of a school year instead of an actual Scaled Score).
   
   The Scaled Score goal levels (calculated based on the goal levels you selected earlier) are already entered in the Goal fields —you can keep these values or change them if you wish. For guidance in choosing a Scaled Score, see Unified Benchmarks and Cut Scores for Star Reading and Star Early Literacy.
   
   
   

   If the selected goal level is below the Scaled Score from the student's latest test, a Below latest test message will appear in the Goal column, indicating that a higher goal needs to be set for that student.

   Students who already have a Scaled Score Unified goal set for a time period that overlaps this one will appear in bold in this table, with an asterisk following their names, and a separate table below will list the overlapping goals for those students.
   
   You can still set new goals for these students, or, if you prefer, you can go back and edit or delete the existing goals on the Goals & Benchmarks page. If you don't want to set new goals for these students or change the existing ones, choose Change Selection at the top of the page and deselect the students who have overlapping goals.

   To the right of the Goal field for each student, you will see a graph icon for students who have taken a Star Reading or Star Early Literacy test. Select the icon to see a graph that shows you the students' tests, where each goal level (moderate, moderately ambitious, and ambitious) would take the student over time, the student's trend line, and the benchmark categories. (For students who have not taken a test, the graph is not available, so the icon is gray.)
   

9. Once you have set Scaled Score goals for all the students, select Save Goals (or select Cancel to leave this page without saving these goals).