Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

STAR Early Literacy Enterprise in the ClassroomApproaches and Rationales for Recommended UsesFigure 16: Adequate Yearly Progress GoalsStudents’ actual monthly scores can be plotted against the anticipated growthtrajectory. Although there will undoubtedly be significant month-to-monthvariation, as shown in Figure 15, the overall trend should conform to the expectedgrowth line on the graph.Outcome MeasurementOutcome measurement is closely associated with progress monitoring. It is theprocess of establishing achievable year-end goals that reflect a student’s currentliteracy status and instructional needs. Movement toward these year-end goals ismeasured through progress monitoring assessment and culminates in an end ofyear assessment.The tables in the section of this manual entitled “Score Definitions” on page 110,in combination with students’ scores on STAR Early Literacy Enterprise, areextremely useful in establishing year-end goals for outcome measurement.Consider the example of Juana, a second grade student. The results of the firstadministration of STAR Early Literacy Enterprise in September showed that herScaled Score was 785. This puts her somewhere between the 25th and 50thpercentile, as shown by Table 53 on page 108. This table shows Scaled Scores bygrade and percentile. Juana’s teacher, in collaboration with Juana’s parents, haschosen 830 as the target Scaled Score for the end of the year.This score corresponds to a percentile between 50 and 75, a goal that is bothambitious and achievable. Moreover, if Juana achieves this goal, she will bereading at grade level and will be prepared for the upcoming challenge of thirdgrade. Juana’s progress toward this goal can be easily monitored with STAR EarlyLiteracy Enterprise.STAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual130