Star Record Book - Screening Comparison Tab

On the Screening Comparison tab, you can view students' screening results over time to get a sense of how they are growing. You can also compare results from two different types of assessments; for example:

• Compare Star Reading and Star Maths screenings for a class for an overall sense of how the students are performing.
• Compare Star Early Literacy and Star Reading screenings for students who are transitioning from one assessment to the other.

1. Use the Subject drop-down list at the top of the page to choose what type of screenings you want to see: Reading or Maths:
   
   
2. Use the School and Class or Group drop-down lists to choose which students' information will be shown (if you only have access to one school, you will not need to select one).
3. Use the Assessment Type drop-down list to choose what assessment types for the subject are shown in the table:
   
   
   • For Reading, the you can choose to show either the latest Star Reading or Star Early Literacy test taken in a screening window.
   • For Maths, the latest Star Maths test taken in a screening window will automatically be chosen.
4. The table will update, showing the assessments and screening windows (past and current) that match your selections.
   
   
   • For each student, you will see their name, their year, and their assessment scores. For each screening window the student tested in, you will see the Scaled Score (SS) and Percentile Rank (PR), along with a colored square indicating what benchmark category the student was in based on the score.
     

     Changing Benchmarks and Changing Scales

     changing benchmarks

     If you would prefer to measure the assessments against a different benchmark, select the gear in the upper-right corner of the Latest Assessment Results panel.
     
     Use the drop-down lists to select the benchmark you want to use for the available assessment types. Once you have made your changes, select Save. The Latest Assessment Results panel and the table at the bottom of the page will update to match your choices.

     changing scales

     To change the scale for the Star Reading, Star Early Literacy, or Star Maths scores being shown, select the gear above the upper-left corner of the table and select the scale you want in the pop-up window:
     
     The available scales will change based on the assessment(s) you are viewing; Star Unified Scale is the only scale available for Star Maths. 

   • If a student did not take an assessment of the selected type during the screening window, has not had an assessment for the recommended screening measure, has not taken an assessment because they failed the practice, or the screening window has not arrived yet, a dashed "Not Screened" square will be shown instead of a colored one.
   • If the score for a student's Star assessment has not been recorded yet because the assessment was very recent, a gray "Score Pending..." square will be shown instead of a colored one; this will be replaced once the student's assessment score has been recorded.
5. Use the Compared with Assessment Type drop-down list to add another set of scores to the table. This list, unlike Assessment Type, is not limited by the selected subject; any of the available programs can be selected for comparison.
   
6. After you select a second assessment type, the table will update, showing the scores side-by-side for each student. In this example, Star Reading is being compared with Star Maths.
   
   

   If you want to filter your results to specific screening windows, select All Screening Windows above the table.
   
   

   In the pop-up window, remove the ticks from any screening windows you do not want to see in the table (you must have at least one window selected). When you close the pop-up, the table will update and the link will change to indicate how many screening windows you are viewing (you can select the link and change the windows shown again if you wish).

7. You can create a PDF version of the table by selecting Print or Save under the table at the bottom of the page.
   
   
   
   You can download a CSV file (export-ScreeningComparison.csv) with all of the test data for the students in the selected class or group by selecting Download Data.
   
   
   
   

   Data included in CSV file

   The CSV file includes a row for each assessment and columns of data related to the specific type of assessment. The data columns are listed below.

   Note: Rows for all students in the selected class or group will be included in the CSV file, even if they have not taken an assessment of the selected type and are not shown in the current view of the Screening Comparison tab.

   Client ID (a short form of the name for your Renaissance site) School Name Class Name Teacher Name (for the class) Student ID Student Name Year (student's year at the time of the assessment) Activity Name (the type of assessment: Star Maths Enterprise, Star Reading Enterprise, etc.)

   Percentile Rank Time Taken (in seconds) Completed Date (based on UTC, not local time zones—for example, 2023-12-04T13:57:33.686Z would indicate a test was administered on December 4, 2023 at 1:57 pm gmt) Activity ID Application Name (name of the program the assessment was taken in)

   Unified Score Star KS2 SATs Benchmark Star School Network Benchmark Star School Benchmark Diagnostic Code Extended Time Tested at School (Yes, No, or Unknown for older assessments that do not have the information)