Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

STAR Early Literacy Enterprise in the ClassroomApproaches and Rationales for Recommended UsesSpecifically, the Calibration Study data showed that students with Scaled Scoresof 675 and above have Skill Set Scores above the 80 percent mastery level in 5 setsof skills that are critical to beginning reading, particularly alphabet skills. Table 56on the next page lists the five relevant skill sets, which include one set of skills inthe Visual Discrimination sub-domain, two sets of skills in the of Early Numeracysub-domain, and two sets of skills in the sets in the Alphabetic Principlesub-domain.Table 56:Critical Skills for Differentiating Emergent Readers from Transitional ReadersSub-Domain Skill Set SkillVisual Discrimination Letters Differentiate lowercase lettersDifferentiate uppercase lettersDifferentiate lowercase letters in mixed setDifferentiate uppercase letters in mixed setEarly Numeracy Number Naming and Number Identification Recognize numbers 0–20Number Object Correspondence Count 1–20Recognize ordinal numbers 1st–10thAlphabetic Principle Alphabetic Knowledge Recognize lowercase lettersRecognize uppercase lettersMatch lowercase with uppercase lettersMatch uppercase with lowercase lettersDistinguish numbers from lettersLetter SoundsRecognize sounds of lowercase lettersRecognize sounds of uppercase lettersFurther along the developmental scale, students with scores above 775 areestimated to be able to answer at least 80 percent of all items in the STAR EarlyLiteracy Enterprise item bank correctly, with a mastery of 70 percent or better inall ten literacy sub-domains. Students classified as “Probable Readers” are likelyto be successful in taking a STAR Reading test.Because the Emergent Reader includes a very broad range of skill levels, thisclassification is divided into Early Emergent Reader (Scaled Scores from 300 to487) and Late Emergent Reader (Scaled Scores from 488 to 674). Students at theearly Emergent Reader stage are beginning to understand that printed text hasmeaning. They are learning that reading involves printed words and sentences,and that print flows from left to right and from the top to the bottom of the page.They are also beginning to identify colors, shapes, numbers, and letters. EarlySTAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual116