Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

IndexScaled Score norms, 100Scaled Score summary statistics, 105Scaled Score to Percentile Rank conversion tables, 105school size, 102socioeconomic status, 102Numbers and Operations, 11, 15, 23OOutcome measurement, 130Overview of the program, 1PPA (Phonemic Awareness), 11, 13, 15, 17, 31Paragraph-Level Comprehension. See PCPassword entry, 9PC (Paragraph-Level Comprehension), 11, 13, 15, 23, 31Percentile RankScaled Score conversion, 105Percentile ranks, 88Periodic improvement, 127PH (Phonics), 11, 13, 15, 19, 31Phonemic Awareness. See PAPhonics. See PHPlacement screening, 120Post-publication study data, 66DIBELS, 69GRADE, 69MLPP (Michigan Literacy Progress Profile), 67predictive validity, 72running record, 66TPRI, 69Practice session, 6Predictive early literacy variables and skills, 132Predictive validity, 72Pretest instructions, 5Pretest-posttest paradigm for measuring growth, 134Pretest-posttest with control group design, 135Probable Readers, 11, 109, 111, 115, 116, 117, 123Program design, 4Adaptive Branching, 6hands-on exercise, 5practice session, 6pretest instructions, 5repeating instructions, 8test interface, 5test length, 6test repetition, 7time limits, 7Program overview, 1Progress monitoring, 125Pronunciation, 26Psychometric characteristics, 10Adaptive Branching, 12content, 10scores, 12test administration time, 12test length, 12RRasch ability estimates, 88Rasch ability scores, 89, 143Rasch IRT model, 41Rasch model analysis, 52Rasch scale units (logits), 89Rating instrument, 95, 98Readability guidelines, 33ReadersEarly Emergent, 11, 116Emergent, 11, 109, 111, 115, 116, 122Late Emergent, 11, 117Probable, 11, 109, 111, 115, 116, 117, 123Transitional, 11, 109, 111, 115, 117, 122Reading First Grant, 142Reading First Initiative, 142Reading Standards for Informational Text K-5, 14Reading Standards for Literature K-5, 14Recommended uses, 115intended population, 114Relationship of STAR Early Literacy scoresto age and school grade, 55to other tests, 58Relative growth, 134Reliability, 44calibration study data, 47generic reliability, 44split-half reliability, 45test-retest, 46validation study data, 47Repeating instructions, 8ReportsAnnual Progress, 126Diagnostic–Student (Student Diagnostic Report SkillSet Scores), 12, 125, 131, 133, 136, 137Growth, 12, 126, 134, 136, 137, 141, 143Screening, 12, 137Summary, 12, 131, 137“Requires Reading” tagging, 29STAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual160