Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

Content and Item DevelopmentThe STAR Early Literacy Enterprise Item BankTable 3:Hierarchical Structure of the STAR Early Literacy Enterprise Item Bank: Comprehension Strategies andConstructing Meaning DomainSub-Domain Skill Set Skill ID Skill GradeSentence-LevelComprehensionParagraph-LevelComprehensionComprehension atthe Sentence LevelComprehension ofParagraphsSC01A Listen and identify word in context 1SC01B Read and identify word in context 1PC01A Identify the main topic of a text KPC01BListen to text and answer literal who, whatquestions1PC01CListen to text and answer where, when, whyquestions1PC01D Read text and answer literal who, what questions 1PC01E Read text and answer where, when, why questions 2Table 4:Hierarchical Structure of the STAR Early Literacy Enterprise Item Bank: Numbers and Operations DomainSub-Domain Skill Set Skill ID Skill GradeEarly NumeracyNumber Naming andNumberIdentificationNumber ObjectCorrespondenceEN01A Recognize numbers 0–20 KEN04A Count 1–20 KEN04B Recognize ordinal numbers 1st–10th KEN04C Compare sets of up to 5 objects KEN04D Identify the number of 10s in 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60,70, 80, 901SequenceCompletionComposing andDecomposingEN03A Complete a picture pattern KEN03BComplete a sequence of numbers between 0 and10 in ascending orderEN05A Add 1 to a set KEN05B Subtract 1 from a set KKEN05C Add numbers with a sum up to 10 (pictures) KEN05D Subtract numbers with a minuend up to 10(pictures)KMeasurement EN02A Compare sizes, weights, and volumes KSTAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual23