Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

IntroductionPsychometric CharacteristicsSubsequent to that initial test, the prescriptions are governed by bands of scalescores on the previous test. These scale score bands define 5 literacyclassifications, set out below in Table 1.Table 1 lists the number of items from each STAR Early Literacy Enterprisesub-domain to be administered by grade or literacy classification to students ineach of grades pre-K through 3. Students in grades higher than 3 are subject to thegrade 3 prescriptions.Table 1:STAR Early Literacy Enterprise: Numbers of Items per Domain andSub-Domain to Be Administered at Each Grade on the First Test of theSchool Year (and at Each of 5 Literacy Classifications at Other Times)Domains and Sub-DomainsPre-K Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3Emergent ReaderEarly300–487Word Knowledge and Skills DomainLate488–674Literacy ClassificationTransitional ReaderEarly675–724Late725–774ProbableReader775–900Alphabetic Principle 6 5 3 1 1Concept of Word 5 4 2 1 1Visual Discrimination 5 5 2 1 1Phonemic Awareness 5 4 4 3 1Phonics 0 3 5 4 3Structural Analysis 0 0 0 3 4Vocabulary 1 1 3 3 3Comprehension Strategies and Constructing Meaning DomainSentence-LevelComprehensionParagraph-LevelComprehensionNumbers and Operations Domain0 0 3 3 40 0 0 3 4Early Numeracy 5 5 5 5 5Total 27 27 27 27 27Additionally, restrictions in the software program ensure that questions thatrequire the ability to read are not administered to students below the first grade.“Content and Item Development” on page 15 contains a detailed list of the tenliteracy sub-domains and the 41 skill sets assessed by STAR Early LiteracyEnterprise.STAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual11