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Star Family Report

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The Star Family Report provides a printable informational letter for families, including benchmark level and domain scores.

How do I get to this page?

  1. Log in to Renaissance.
  2. On the Home page, select Star Reading or Star Maths.

    You can reach this report by selecting Star Early Literacy; however, this report does not report Star Early Literacy test data.

  3. In the drop down-list, select Reports.

  4. On the Star / Assessment tab on the Reports page, under “Parent and Other Reports,” select Star Family Report.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

School Network Level Administrators, School Network Dashboard Owners, School Network Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff, Teachers

  1. Use the Subject drop-down list to choose the subject to include in the report: Reading or Maths.

    The report shows data from the most recent assessment within the selected date range for the subject chosen:
    • Reading: The most recent Star Reading Enterprise assessment will be used.
    • Maths: The most recent Star Maths Enterprise assessment will be used. 
  2. Use the School drop-down list to select the school you want to create the report for.
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    • You can only create the report for one school at a time.
    • School level administrators, school staff, and teachers can only select one of their own schools.
    • If you only have access to a single school, you will not need to make a selection (the School drop-down list will not be shown in this case).
  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.)
    Examples of the pop-up windows that appear when the Classes, Groups, or Students links are selected. In each case, a search field at the top lets you search for specific classes, groups, or students; a tick box above the listed classes, groups, or students lets you select or deselect all of them at once; and the Clear All link, Cancel button, and Save Selection buttons are at the bottom. In the Select Students window, there is a drop-down list to the left of the search field where school network- and school-level users can specify a single year to search within.

    • 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 Date Range drop-down list to choose the dates you want to generate the report for. Dates will be in the current school year. You can select an existing marking period, screening window, or the school year (which will include the entire school year up to the current date).

    If schools use their own unique screening 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. If necessary, use the Scale drop-down list to choose which scale you want to use for the scores on the report.


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

  7. Use the Benchmark Type drop-down list to choose which benchmark you want to measure students' scores against.
  8. To the right of the Benchmark Type drop-down list, tick Show Domain Scores to include domain scores in the report.
  9. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.
  10. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page.

    For each student, you will see the score from their last completed assessment (for the subject you selected earlier). The score is shown on the selected scale and compared to the selected benchmark.


    In the example above, the subject is Reading: Bella got a Scaled Score of 877 on her most recent Star Reading assessment. The colored bar shows the five benchmark categories for the school network—Bella's score puts her in  Level 5 .

    The paragraph above the bar summarizes the meaning of the score, including the student's Percentile Rank (PR):

    "It is higher than 75% of students in Year 1." = a PR of 75

  11. If the option to show domain scores was selected earlier, they will appear at the bottom, along with the student's estimated level of mastery of each on the date the test was taken.

    • If the subject is Reading, the student's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) or Lexile® range will be shown as a Reading Recommendation in the lower-left corner; visit Accelerated Reader Bookfinder to use the zone/range to find appropriate books for the student.
    • If the subject is Maths, some students (in years 4–9) will have their Algebra Readiness shown in the lower-left corner.
  12. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report.
  13. Select the PDF icon at the top of the page or the Print or Save button above the first table in the report to create a PDF of the report. You can also select the Download Data button above the first table in the report to download a CSV (comma-separated values) version of the report that you can open in a spreadsheet program.
    The Print or Save and Download Data buttons.
  14. To return to the Reports page, select the navigator icon at the top of the page: .
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