Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

IndexTest item design guidelinesanswer options, 26graphics, 26language and pronunciation, 26screen layout, 24simplicity, 24text, 24Test length, 6, 12Test monitoring, 9Test organization, 29Test repetition, 7Test security, 8access levels and capabilities, 9data encryption, 8individualized tests, 8split application model, 8test monitoring/password entry, 9Testingon a desktop computer or laptop, 5on an iPad®, 5Testing time, 12Test-retest reliability, 46Text of scripts/audio instructions, 34Tiers of information, 3Tier 1: formative classroom assessments, 3Tier 2: interim periodic assessments, 3Tier 3: summative assessments, 4Time limits, 7Time to administer test, 12TPRI, 66, 69, 70, 81Transitional Readers, 11, 109, 111, 115, 117, 122UUsing scores to measure growth, 135choosing a score, 140Est. ORF, 137Scaled Scores, 135Skill Set Scores, 136STAR Early Literacy Enterprise and the Reading FirstInitiative, 142Sub-domain Scores, 136VValidation study, 81data, 47, 56, 59data analysis, 85participating schools, 151sample characteristics, 82test administration, 85validity data, meta-analysis of, 65Validity, 55calibration study data, 56calibration study results, 58concurrent validity of estimated oral reading score, 77DIBELS, 69GRADE, 69meta-analysis of the validation study validity data, 65MLPP (Michigan Literacy Progress Profile), 67of early numeracy test items, 92post-publication study data, 66predictive validity, 72rating instrument, 95relationship of STAR Early Literacy scores to age andschool grade, 55relationship of STAR Early Literacy scores to othertests, 58running record, 66summary of STAR Early Literacy validity data, 80TPRI, 69validation study data, 56, 59Visual Discrimination. See VSVO (Vocabulary), 13, 22, 31VS (Visual Discrimination), 11, 13, 15, 17, 31WWCPM (words correctly read per minute), 77, 78, 79, 80, 155Word Knowledge and Skills, 11, 15, 16Words correctly read per minute. See WCPMZZPD (Zone of Proximal Development), 121, 122, 124STAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual162