Technical Manual - Renaissance Learning

Reliability and Measurement PrecisionSTAR Early Literacy Enterprise Equivalence Study DataTable 15:Sub-Domain Score Split-Half Reliability, Overall and by GradeGradesSub-Domain ScoreOverall K 1 2 3Vocabulary 0.85 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.84Table 16:Skill Set Score Split-Half Reliability, Overall and by GradeGradesSkill Set ScoreOverall K 1 2 3Alphabetic Principle Sub-DomainAlphabetic Knowledge 0.84 0.78 0.83 0.85 0.87Alphabetic Sequence 0.84 0.77 0.82 0.85 0.87Letter Sounds 0.84 0.74 0.82 0.84 0.85Concept of Word Sub-DomainPrint Concepts: Word Length 0.84 0.78 0.83 0.85 0.87Print Concepts: Word Borders 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.86Print Concepts: Letters and Words 0.84 0.79 0.83 0.85 0.88Early Numeracy Sub-DomainNumber Naming and Number Identification 0.84 0.77 0.82 0.84 0.86Sequence Completion 0.84 0.74 0.82 0.84 0.86Number Object Correspondence 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.86Phonemic Awareness Sub-DomainRhyming and Word Families 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.86Blending Word Parts 0.84 0.77 0.82 0.85 0.87Blending Phonemes 0.84 0.76 0.82 0.85 0.86Initial and Final Phonemes 0.85 0.74 0.81 0.83 0.83Consonant Blends (PA) 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.86Medial Phoneme Discrimination 0.85 0.73 0.80 0.81 0.80Phoneme Isolation/Manipulation 0.85 0.74 0.81 0.83 0.84Paragraph-Level Comprehension Sub-DomainComprehension of Paragraphs 0.85 0.74 0.81 0.83 0.82Phonics Sub-DomainLong Vowel Sounds 0.85 0.74 0.81 0.82 0.82Short Vowel Sounds 0.85 0.75 0.81 0.83 0.83Initial Consonant Sounds 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.85 0.86Final Consonant Sounds 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.84 0.85STAR Early LiteracyTechnical Manual51