Your students can be stars with STAR Assessments!
Updated March 13, 2023
Your students can be stars with STAR Assessments!
Score 7 out of 10
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Modules Used
- Star 360
- Star Reading
- Star Math
- Star Early Literacy
- Star in Spanish
- Star Custom
Overall Satisfaction with Renaissance Star Assessments
Our District is using Renaissance Star Assessments for benchmarks and progress monitoring.
Pros
- It shows the score immediately.
- Students can navigate the website easily.
- The teacher "side"/data is easy to navigate.
Cons
- 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.
- State standards mastery report.
- Students are burnt out on testing (progress monitoring every 6 weeks is too much).
- Testing is causing a lot of anxiety for students and staff.
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 skills checklists are not comprehensive). STAR Assessments are good for progress monitoring. You can immediately the results on STAR, but you have to wait until the next day on MAP. The reports are confusing on STAR. The Parent Report will show that they are in mastery, but the domains will show that they need severe intervention. The Progress Monitoring Report (even when 'state' is on) and State Standards Report do not align. MAP data is always consistent, no matter which report you look at. I do like that the STAR data directly correlates to other products in Renaissance, whereas MAP does not have other student intervention products.
Do you think Renaissance Star Assessments delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Renaissance Star Assessments's feature set?
No
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?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Renaissance Star Assessments again?
Yes
Using Renaissance Star Assessments
STAR assessments are used by our entire district and staff. They are used to show academic data.
2 - Our district curriculum director and assistant are our support people.
- Academic Data
- student growth in academics
- It helps teachers know what students know and what they do not know.
- We celebrate growth when students take the STAR assessments. The students are very proud of themselves when they have point growth.
- We use the data for intervention time. We can make differentiated lessons based off of student performance.
- It can pinpoint exactly what a student needs to work on in reading and math.
- We will be able to see student progress over multiple years.
- We will be able to see data by grade level or school and how it changes from year to year.
- ACT prep will be based on STAR data.
Renaissance Star Assessments Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
I do not know.
Yes - Yes. The system had a few glitches when we first started using them, but they have been very reliable and improve every year since. This may have been an internet system issue that was solved.
I had a question about using STAR Assessments with CBMs. I used the chat feature and the support team went above and beyond answering my questions. I remembering being so thankful that they included links to what I needed.
I also like that the chat can be printed and emailed to others. (I had team members who were asking the same questions.)
I also like that the chat can be printed and emailed to others. (I had team members who were asking the same questions.)
Using Renaissance Star Assessments
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | Inconsistent |
- Teachers do not have to run the assessments through their computers.
- Tests are in the same place every time the student logs in.
- It is easy to find data.
- Log out for students. The button could be larger. The littles do not see where to exit out.
Yes, but I don't use it
Integrating Renaissance Star Assessments
- Renaissance AR
- Freckle
- MyOn
- Schoolzilla
They are very connected. Super easy to navigate between them. My first and second graders can easily switch systems without issues.
- Lalilo
Yes, this is another product that is fully integrated with their products.
- File import/export
From the teacher side, it is easy to use. I would have a Renaissance data specialist help teachers understand what they are looking at and how to use the information.
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