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Support all pre-K – 12 students’ learning journeys with assessments designed to drive instruction and accelerate reading and math growth.
MEANINGFUL ASSESSMENT DATA THAT DRIVES INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE
Research-based Star Assessments are highly rated as both a screening and progress monitoring tools to help educators identify and prioritize student need, drive appropriate instruction, set realistic goals, and track progress throughout the year, ensuring all students are on the right path toward future success.
Explore the complete Star suite
Renaissance takes a holistic approach to assessments, combining computer-adaptive assessments (CAT) and curriculum-based measures (CBM), along with custom-built, standards-based assessments and non-academic assessments. Star Assessments provides consistent data that helps educators inform instructional decisions, including next steps, throughout the year.
Star CBM
Get in-depth insight into elementary students’ development with curriculum-based measures for reading and mathematics.
Star CBM Lectura
Assessments that truly reflect K–6 students’ literacy development in Spanish.
Star Spanish
Assessments for reading, math, and early literacy in English and in Spanish help you support emerging bilingual students.
View performance at the district, school, or grade level. Review performance and growth metrics so you can allocate resources to help all students succeed.
Stay informed with feedback and support that enables you to understand what every student knows and the best instructional materials to motivate and get every student excited about learning.
Know your child’s needs will be met with assessments that screen students and measure progress, answering essential questions about your child’s learning.
ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO YOUR STUDENTS’ LEARNING
Interactive data visualizations provide leaders with an enhanced view of Star’s district reporting for more powerful insights. Dig deeper into your data than ever before using Renaissance Analytics’ multiple filters, demographic comparisons, and longitudinal views.
Make the most of instructional time by knowing who is performing above or at benchmark and who may need additional support or intervention. See valid, reliable data immediately after testing.
Know how students are performing against school, district, or state benchmarks so you can prioritize needs and allocate resources more effectively.
Take the guesswork out of setting the right goals to motivate and engage every student. An embedded, research-based goal-setting tool helps teachers set reasonable, attainable goals.
Confidently move students forward with a goal-setting tool complete with step-by-step directions and an intuitive user interface.
Monitor students’ progress toward goals throughout the school year. Know if students in RTI/MTSS are responding to intervention in time to adjust instruction.
See which students are meeting their goals and determine if students are responding to intervention with easy-to-interpret reports.
See who is on track to perform well on your state’s summative assessments. Renaissance dashboards show a unified measure of skill mastery based on your state’s standards.
Data from Star Assessments, along with instruction and practice activities, combine to provide a single, comprehensive view of student progress and growth.
Imagine no more surprises on high-stakes tests! Star Assessments, statistically linked to each state’s summative test, are highly accurate predictors of students’ performance.
State performance reports show which students may be at risk for not meeting state proficiency requirements in time to adjust instruction.
Monitor achievement and growth with one report. Student Growth Percentile (SGP) scores show you precisely how much students are growing, showcasing changes in scores between testing events.
Knowing scores increased is not enough. The Star Growth Report uses growth norms and SGP to show if growth was below, above, or on par with expectations.
Why Star is quick and accurate
Screen students in minimal testing time and get accurate, reliable results immediately after testing.
Prioritize student need and establish instructional groups that motivate, engage, and accelerate student learning.
Determine the early literacy, phonics, reading, and math skills students are ready to learn.
Support student learning with embedded resources and integrated practice activities.
A closer look
Help struggling readers achieve literacy with a flexible assessment solution.
Star has been approved by more than two dozen states as a sole assessment solution or as part of an approved list.
CODiE Awards finalist for the best solution for English language learners
Learn MoreTrusted by educators and researchers nationwide
2.8
billion
Data points
Billions of real-world student data points guide the development of Star tests.
100+
Studies
Research studies
Hundreds of studies show Star strongly correlates with other achievement tests.
50+
Publications
Independent research
Over 50 independent research publications support Star Assessments.
15+
studies
Peer-reviewed studies
More than 15 peer-reviewed studies rely on Star as an outcome measure.
The Tech Edvocate Awards finalist for Best Assessment App/Tool
Learn MoreSTAR ASSESSMENTS PROVIDE RELIABLE, VALID DATA
Built with cutting-edge computer-adaptive technology and based on more than thirty years of data about how children learn and grow, the research-based Star Assessments provide educators with accurate, trustworthy data about their students’ achievement and growth. Star Assessments are:
Highly rated by the National Center for Intensive Intervention (NCII)
Relied on by over 34,000 schools and districts across the US
Proven to forecast concurrent and future state test performance
State linking studies for Star Assessments
With Star, you can forecast which students are on track to perform well on your state’s summative test as early as fall—giving you ample time to intervene early and help get all students on track for success.
Select your state and review the state study.