Item: Renaissance Star Assessments
Rating: 9
Author: Annmarie Grieco

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This program is an amazing resource for both students and teachers to see the progress of the students throughout the school year. The data is extremely accurate and very close to the individual's achievements in their math progress. I am very curious to see how close my students projected Parcc scores are when they come out in the spring being this is my first year using this program.

Pros and Cons

Data management.
Teacher incentives such as rewards.
The tests are easy to monitor.

More prizes.
Fewer reports and more detailed response to the tests.
More training on how to use all of the different reports.

Most Important Features

Individual student Data
Grouping
Class data
Great resources

Return on Investment

Positive for data collection.
Student progress.
Let’s teachers know what they should work on with individual students and as a whole class.

Alternatives Considered

Renaissance Accelerated Math

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 terminology that lets them know how their child is progressing or not progressing throughout the year.

Key Insights

Do you think Renaissance Star Assessments delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Renaissance Star Assessments's feature set?

Yes

Did Renaissance Star Assessments live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Renaissance Star Assessments go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Renaissance Star Assessments again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Renaissance Accelerated Math, Wolfram Mathematica, PTC Mathcad

Likelihood to Recommend

I feel that it is extremely suited to see the progress of the students throughout the school year. I think that taking this kind of assessment at least three to four times throughout the school year makes it even more useful for reading the data of students progress throughout the school year. I think this data is useful for both the students and the teachers involved with the program.

Users and Roles

170 - The business functions that these people represent are the administrators and the teachers. I only put 100 but it would be much more if the parents were included into this total as well. The parents are not technically part of the business but they do use this as well to track their child’s math progress. I guess that the students that look at the data could also be included as well.

Support Headcount Required

9 - Our curriculum coordinator is the go to person for this program. A group of 8 teachers from the different grade levels also are being trained to support the teachers on their grade level with questions and how to use the data from the assessments in their classroom. I am one of the teachers in that group and I have been to multiple webinars by renaissance 360 people and they are very informative and rewarding.

Business Processes Supported

Data management
Student progress
Student monitoring

Innovative Uses

Parcc score projections
Parent communication letters
MANY different types of data management charts

Future Planned Uses

Assign the individual students asignrmrnts
Parcc scores
Ongoing data management

Likelihood to Renew

10

I feel that is has been a very useful resource for data management in our school. It has helped the students and teachers recognize what needs to be addressed and what they already know so far that school year. I feel that this has been extremely helpful on many different levels.

Products Replaced

No

Key Differentiators

Product Reputation

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Evaluation Lessons Learned

I would not

Implementation Rating

9

No

Implementation Details / Implementation Partner

Implemented in-house

Implementation Phases

No

Change Management Lessons

Change management was a minor issue with the implementation - InFont jnow

Implementation Issues

None

Training Types Used

Online training

In-Person Training

Online Training

8

I just feel this way.

Product Configurability

10

Just right

Configuration Lessons

No

UI Customization

No - we have not done any customization to the interface

Extensibility and Customization

No - we have not done any custom code

Additional Customization Considerations

No

Support Rating

9

The data that is generated from these assessments are so thorough and accurate. I use these tests alll year to group the students and then work on what the data says I should continue to work on. I have seen the students grow incredibly after starting tongues these assessments and highly recommend!