Great Progress Monitoring Tool
December 31, 2019

Great Progress Monitoring Tool

Kerri Ziegler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Star Reading
  • Star Math

Overall Satisfaction with Renaissance Star Assessments

Star Assessments are a great tool to use for progress monitoring. In our building, we use STAR assessments in our language arts and math lab settings. If we believe a student should be placed in a lab class, we will often have them take STAR to have another piece of data to review. STAR assessments are used by our SPED and lab teachers. We are looking to add it as a resource for all of our Tier 2 students as part of our data for MTSS.
  • Breaks down assessment proficiency by skill.
  • Tracks progress and helps students create new goals.
  • Grade equivalency scores are not accurate, great for progress monitoring but not for actual ability level.
  • No area to score writing - Would like to see it look more like state standardized tests.
  • Has helped given us more data on our students.
  • Skill subsets have allowed us to focus more on areas of need.
They are two different products so it is difficult to compare them. We use STAR assessments to progress monitor. Accelerated Reader helps track what books students have read, if they comprehended them, and allows them to earn points. The Accelerated Reader is a better fit for a school-wide program to help track reading progress across all students. STAR assessments are a useful tool when you want to track reading or math progress for students multiple times during the school year.
Their customer service is amazing! They have been helpful via email, phone, and live chat. They have solved all the issues and answered all the questions that I have brought to them. Their customer service is truly top-notch. I have worked with lots of educational companies, and none even come close to Renaissance.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Renaissance Star Assessments go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Renaissance Star Assessments again?

Yes

STAR assessments are a great tool to use for progress monitoring. You can also look at individual skill subsets and see where students have made improvements or areas they need to focus on. It allows for communication with the general education teacher to discuss areas where students struggle and give suggestions of what they can also review/reteach in the general education setting. It is not good to use as a measure of ability or strictly determining placement. We have found that it works best as a progress monitoring tool for reading and math programs