Star Parent Report

The Star Parent Report provides a printable informational letter for parents or guardians.

1. Use the Subject drop-down list to select the subject for the report: Reading or Maths.
   
   
2. Use the Assessment Types drop-down list to narrow down the type of assessments you want to include in the report. The options available will change depending on the chosen subject:
   

   Subject	Available Assessment Type
   Reading	Star Reading Enterprise
   Reading	Star Early Literacy
   Maths	Star Maths Enterprise

   (If Maths is the chosen subject, you will not need to select Star Maths Enterprise as the Assessment Type.)
3. Use the Students drop-down list to select either a single class at the chosen school, or choose All Classes to select all the classes at the chosen school.
   
   
   • School administrators and school staff can only select classes in their own school.
   • Teachers can only select their own classes.
   
   To select specific classes, groups, or students at the chosen school, use the links below the Students drop-down list. Selecting one of these links will open a corresponding pop-up window; in that window, tick the box at the top of the list to select all the available choices, or make individual selections below it. You can enter search criteria in the field at the top of the window to find a specific class, group, or student. (In the "Select Students" pop-up window, school network- and school-level users can select a year to narrow down the list of students.)
   
   
   
   • School administrators and school staff can only select classes, groups, or students in their own school.
   • Teachers can only select their own classes, their own groups, or students enrolled in one of their own classes.
   
   Once you have made your choices, select Save Selection at the bottom of the pop-up window.

4. If you want to use demographic data to further refine the data in the report, select Choose Demographics...
   
   

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, Language, and Year Level. To reduce the scope, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then tick your selections in that column.
   
   In the example above, the user has selected two Languages and three Year Levels, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To reduce the scope, choose Select Characteristics... and then tick each characteristic you want students in the report to have. You must also choose any or all (after "Include students with") to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.
   
   In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (Children from Service Families and EAL Competent). Because any is selected, the report will include students who are Children from Service Families, EAL Competent, or both. If all had been selected, only students who are both Children from Service Families and EAL Competent would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.

   Once you are finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).
5. Use the Reporting Period drop-down list to select a date range for the measure. You can select an existing marking period, screening window, or you can select Custom... and set your own dates (use the calendars to select a range of dates or type them in the fields using dd/mm/yyyy format; then select Apply to use the dates you have chosen or Cancel to close this pop-up without saving your selection). Dates can be in the current school year or up to three years prior to the current school year.
   
   
   

   If schools use their own unique date ranges within a school network screening window, those ranges will all have the same name. To help you tell them apart, the dates they cover will be added to the end of the name.

   

6. Use the Sort Students By drop-down list to choose how you want students to be sorted in the report: by classes/groups, year, last name, or teachers (the last option will not be available if you are a teacher).
   
   
7. For Star assessments, you may need to use the Scale drop-down list to choose which scale to use for reporting scores.
   
   

   The Lexile® scale will not be a selectable option if the report is being run for Star Maths.

8. Tick Show Student ID if you want to include student IDs on the report.
9. Tick Show Reading Age if you want to include Reading Ages on the report.
10. Tick Show Signature Line if you want the report to have teacher and parent signature lines added at the bottom.
11. Tick Hide Students Without Data if you want to have students without test data omitted from the report.
12. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.
13. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page. Within the selected time frame, it shows each student's scores for the chosen product, along with an explanation of what those scores mean. This helps parents or guardians understand how a student's performance compares to that of other students across the nation.
    
    Example report: Star Reading
    
    
    Example report: Star Maths
    
    
    At the bottom of the page, the signature lines are shown (if the Show Signature Line option was selected).
    
    

    notes on the scores

    • If the following conditions are met:
      
      • the report would normally show a student's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), and
      • the Lexile® range preference has been set to use Lexile® ranges,
      then the Lexile® range will be shown instead of the ZPD.
    • In the explanatory text for Percentile Rank (PR), a PR ≤25 is below average, 25–75 is average, and >75 is above average.
14. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report.
15. To print the report, select the PDF icon at the top of the screen: .
16. To return to the Reports page, select either Back to Reports or the report icon at the top of the screen.