There are a number of tasks that usually need to be done in Star Early Literacy at the start of a new school year. Select a task to see the instructions for it.

New school year?

• Get a list of things to do in all programs at the start of a new school year.

Pre-Test Preparation

• Print a list of student user names and passwords: Have this information on hand and review the procedure for logging in students.
• Read the Star Early Literacy Test Administration Manual: Helps you give a basic test orientation for the Star Early Literacy test to your students.
• Review instructions for testing students: Familiarise yourself with the entire test-taking procedure.
• Stop/resume tests: Review how to pause or stop a test and how to continue a test that was paused or interrupted.

Set Preferences

• Password Requirement Preference: Determines whether an authorisation password is required before students can begin taking a test.
• Authorisation Password - Star Tests Preference: If an authorisation password is required, use this preference to determine what that password is.
• Demonstration Video Preference: Determines if students will see a demonstration video before taking a test.
• Hands-On Practice Preference: Determines if students need to complete some hands-on practice questions before taking a test.
• Extended Question Time Limit Preference: Extend the amount of time a student has to answer questions.
• Star Assessments Dates and Times Preference: Define when students can take Star Computer Adaptive assessments.

View or print reports

• Review student test results and use the information to help plan instruction.