Renaissance Star Assessments

Renaissance Star Assessments

Renaissance Star Assessments

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Renaissance Star Assessments	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Star Assessments are a suite of assessments for reading, math, and early literacy, in both English and Spanish, boasting users among over 30,000 schools. Star Assessments helps educators to gain accurate insights into student learning, growth, and achievement—so they can help all learners reach their full potential. The full Star Assessment suite includes the computer-adaptive Star Reading (K–12), Star Math (K–12), and Star Early Literacy (pre-K–3) assessments; a formative assessment tool, Star…	N/A

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Considered Both Products	Renaissance Star Assessments Verified User Professional Chose Renaissance Star Assessments They are good products to use for our campus. Helpful? RS Roselande Seus Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments This is the 3rd year we have using the Star Assessments so far we really like it. The other was time consuming and unreliable so we are staying with the Star Assessments. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Renaissance Star Assessments All Renaissance products are great. They saved me during online teaching during Covid, being able to assess my students and track their progress. The alignment and connections between them make them easy to use and time savers. I have used Star Assessments the longest. I love … Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Sommer Title 1 Reading Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Fast ForWord is a program that allows students to play games while learning and practicing reading skills. I liked this program at first, because it was fun for the students and they loved completing new levels. After time, many of the students lost their motivation. They began … Incentivized Helpful? Kimberly Medin Special Education Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Renaissance STAR Assessments give the same information (more information, actually) using fewer questions. Our school selected these assessments in order to be able to get benchmarking information on students in an efficient manner and then to monitor progress easily throughout … Helpful? AO Athena Ogden Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Renaissance Star Assessments, Renaissance Accelerated Reader, and Renaissance myOn have been hands down the best products for student success that I have evaluated in the past six years of use. All show the importance of data and data implementation processes within and outside … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Study Island is similar but I like Renaissance Star Assessments because it is simple to use and to find data and reports. Helpful? DE Dulce Echavarria Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Freckle by Renaissance is a great tool to use once the students have taken the Renaissance Star Assessments. You can use the data provided by the Star Reports to assign assignments for your students at the level of their need. Helpful? Rita Platt Principal, Educational Consultant, Graduate Course Instructor Chose Renaissance Star Assessments The other assessments are helpful too. However, the first two are not as easy to administer and the last is VERY expensive and the reports are hard to follow. Helpful? Mario Sanchez Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments It is easy to use and the reports are easy to understand. You can show results to students and make a plan on how to improve Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Renaissance Star Assessments NWEA is more rigorous than STAR Assessments. NWEA MAP aligns directly with our state and ACT tests. Our district uses STAR Assessments for benchmark and progress monitoring. We use NWEA MAP for benchmarking. NWEA MAP does not have progress monitoring (math and reading … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Accelerated Reader goes hand-in hand with Renaissance Star Assessments assessments. The program dovetail into each other. The Renaissance Star Assessments informs the student, parent, and teacher what level a child is reading and appropriate materials can be used that are in a … Incentivized Helpful? MM Matt Metzger 6th Grade Math Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Renaissance Star Math Assessment provided a proven data collection tool. This was also being used at the lower grades in our district, so it made sense to continue with its use to provide a more reliable and accurate picture of our students entering the middle school. The … Incentivized Helpful? JB Julie Birdsong Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments STAR and DIBELS correlate well together. Renaissance Star Assessments was selected for our school as it is a preferred state assessment/progress monitoring tool. Parents have a much easier time understanding the STAR Reports as opposed to other assessment tools I have used in … Incentivized Helpful? SB Sarah Burris 1st Grade Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments AR complements the Star Assessments by then giving you tools for testing on individual books in the classroom. When students get a reading level, they then choose books at their level and then test on it. This gives you direct feedback on how well the students are … Helpful? Andrew Taylor Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Star Reading is far better than any product I have used. It provides adjusting question level while the test is going on. Adjusting to the responses of the learner. It is accurate and compares well to other assessments we use like PM benchmarks and F&P assessments. The ease of … Helpful? JESSICA MARTINDALE 6th Grade Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments [My] organization has also worked at using iReady assessments which are a quicker test and a little bit more student friendly. We go back-and-forth between which one we want to use and it is up to the school sites. Incentivized Helpful? CG Catherine Godwin Kindergarten Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments n/a Incentivized Helpful? AG Annmarie Grieco Elementary School Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments I feel that the Renaissance Star 360 Math assessment is an amazing tool to use in the classroom. It gives you so many different types of reports that other similar assessments would not offer. There is a parent section that gives the data to a parent in friendly non-technical … Helpful? Stephania Sherman, Ed. D Curriculum and teaching Chose Renaissance Star Assessments I prefer Star because of the aligned resources like Accelerated Reader and Freckle. Incentivized Helpful? CB Candace Buikema teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Last year we used Let's Go Learn. I do prefer this program. The tests are easy to administer and the data is clear and easy to use. We used Renaissance in the past with AR reading and Math. I do miss those programs. It is not a direction the district was going in. Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Renaissance Star Assessments Renaissance Star Assessment works better for progress monitoring over time. It is easy to set up goals and monitor growth. The diagnostic reports can be viewed and printed for use as evidence when needed. Helpful? JoAnn Mayfield Reading Specialist Chose Renaissance Star Assessments We were looking for an early literacy/math screener for our JK and Kindergarten classes. We looked at FastBridge's assessment for early learners. The presentation was done online and appeared confusing for us. The Renaissance's presentation was also online but was much more … Incentivized Helpful? RS Roxanne Savedra Special Education Teacher Chose Renaissance Star Assessments We have used other district-wide assessments in the past, but nothing that has been inclusive as Star is. This assessment can be used for above, at, and below-level students. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro User friendly Pro Student data
Top Cons	Minus Different reports Minus No suggestions Minus Training required

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User Ratings
	Renaissance Star Assessments
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (65 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.7 (9 ratings)
Usability	8.3 (5 ratings)
Availability	8.2 (2 ratings)
Performance	8.2 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (15 ratings)
Online Training	7.3 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.2 (4 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.8 (3 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.2 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.2 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.2 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Renaissance Star Assessments
Likelihood to Recommend	Renaissance Learning Many of my students reach the 852 score and are eligible to take the Star Reading test in the Spring. This is due to the reports telling me which skills to work on and being able to group students according to skill needs. When I need teacher assistance, online meetings with Renaissance support personnel has been available. Renaissance always welcomes teacher feedback to improve their products. The company has acquired many classroom tools in the last years and connected them fir ease of teacher use, which saves classroom time. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Renaissance Learning Renaissance Star Assessments gives me a look at each student as an overall reader. Renaissance Star Assessments shows me the areas of which my students are struggling. Renaissance Star Assessments is linked with Nearpod, so I can assign lessons based on what each student needs. Star CBM helps me see whether my students' fluency is improving or not. Incentivized Lisa Sommer Title 1 Reading Teacher Read full review
Cons	Renaissance Learning The graphs for each subject are not consistently the same. (ie. some graphs are by 5s and some are by 50s.) It's very confusing to read them. The questions are not rigorous enough for state standards. Different reports will show data that does not align. If 'state' is chosen, then all reports should show the same data. The Parent Report will show the child in 'green', but every sub-skill is in 'red'. That is super confusing for parents and teachers. All reports should be based on the same score, but they are not. It is like comparing apples to oranges on the same child. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Renaissance Learning I give it this rating because it is an essential program in our school. We set up reading groups throug( the Star assessment. We set goals based on the assessment. Students comfort zones are based on the zpd data in Star. We track students progress through the data found in Star. Andrew Taylor Teacher Read full review
Usability	Renaissance Learning I love the idea that it takes only a short period of time for the students to be able to take the quizzes and obtain results. I appreciative how quickly the teacher has plans on implementation in her/his hands as soon as the class has completed the quiz. GW Gengie Wiedenfeld Librarian/College Professor Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Renaissance Learning It’s wonderful AG Annmarie Grieco Elementary School Teacher Read full review
Performance	Renaissance Learning I absolutely love this program Incentivized Missy Berry Mathematics Teacher Read full review
Support Rating	Renaissance Learning After using the product for multiple years, I am very pleased with the assessment administration and report options. I use STAR Assessment data regularly and review the different reports to guide instruction. There are many different report options to help meet the needs of the teacher and student. STAR Assessments are a valuable assessment tool for the classroom Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Online Training	Renaissance Learning I just feel this way. AG Annmarie Grieco Elementary School Teacher Read full review
Implementation Rating	Renaissance Learning When presenters show us how to use the program they need to have a full class size of data. During training, there were only 5 or 6 sample students. Classes are more like 25 and that makes the training more realistic to have similar data to what we will use. CB Candace Buikema teacher Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Renaissance Learning Renaissance Star Math Assessment provided a proven data collection tool. This was also being used at the lower grades in our district, so it made sense to continue with its use to provide a more reliable and accurate picture of our students entering the middle school. The continuation of the data trail should continue to help their overall growth. Incentivized MM Matt Metzger 6th Grade Math Read full review
Scalability	Renaissance Learning Great overall program with lots of advice in implementation Incentivized Missy Berry Mathematics Teacher Read full review
Return on Investment	Renaissance Learning It has positively impacted student time to learn by reducing testing times and allowing more time for instruction The reduced testing time also positively impacted our schools by freeing the computer labs and making the planning and creation of testing schedules easier. This has allowed more computer lab use for education and learning. It has negatively impacted the time and effort required by support staff, administrators, and some teachers by requiring more time spent on looking up results or going to multiple spots and manually combining results because a larger group couldn't easily be made. Another negative impact on our district is that it has also taxed those few educators with more technical ability and data knowledge moreso than other programs. The need to create/summarize/write programs to deal with full, raw data export files since the smaller, more specific reports and summaries are not downloadable into a format that can be manipulated easily (pdf only, not csv exports), and to constantly back up data exports and to have to search through them when the State wants results on past students etc. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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