Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

IndexAAbsolute growth, 134Access levels, 9Adaptive Branching, 4, 6, 12Adequate yearly progress, 128Age and school grade, relationship to STAR Early Literacyscores, 55Alphabetic Principle. See APAnnual Progress Report, 126Answer options, 26AP (Alphabetic Principle), 11, 13, 15, 16, 31Approaches and rationales for recommended usesadequate yearly progress, 128diagnostic assessment, 125goal setting for student progress monitoring, 126literacy classification, 115matching early readers with books, 121outcome measurement, 130periodic improvement, 127placement screening, 120progress monitoring, 125screening assessment, 117STAR Early Literacy Enterprise and instructionalplanning, 131BBayesian-modal IRT estimation method, 110Benchmarks, 118CCalibration bank, selection of items from, 42Calibration study, 37data, 47, 56results, 58Capabilities, 9CCSS (Common Core State Standards), 13, 15, 49, 87, 95, 98Foundational Skills, 14psychometric properties, 97Choosing a score to measure growth, 140Common Core State Standards. See CCSSComprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning, 11,15, 23Concept of Word. See CWConcurrent validity of estimated oral reading score, 77Conditional standard error of measurement. See CSEMContent development, 15Content specification, 15AP (Alphabetic Principle), 11, 15, 31CW (Concept of Word), 11, 13, 15, 31EN (Early Numeracy), 11, 13, 15PA (Phonemic Awareness), 11, 15, 31PC (Paragraph-Level Comprehension), 11, 15, 31PH (Phonics), 11, 15, 31SA (Structural Analysis), 11, 15, 31SC (Sentence-Level Comprehension), 11, 15, 31skill domains, Comprehension Strategies andConstructing Meaning, 11, 15skill domains, Numbers and Operations, 11, 15skill domains, Word Knowledge and Skills, 11, 15VO (Vocabulary), 11, 15, 31VS (Visual Discrimination), 11, 15, 31Content structure, 29Cronbach’s alpha, 45CSEM (conditional standard error of measurement), 44, 45Cut scores, 118CW (Concept of Word), 11, 13, 15, 17, 31DData analysis, 85Data encryption, 8Description of the program, 1Desktop computer or laptop, use for testing, 5Diagnostic assessment, 125Diagnostic–Student Report (Student Diagnostic Report SkillSet Scores), 12, 125, 131, 133, 136, 137DIBELS, 66, 69, 70, 77, 78, 80, 81DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency. See DORFDomain Scores, 12Domains, 15, 29DORF (DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency), 77, 78, 79, 80Dynamic calibration, 43EEarly Emergent Readers, 11, 116Early Numeracy. See ENSTAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual158