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Assessing for Kindergarten Readiness
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 2 Agenda Defining Kindergarten Readiness Assessing Kindergarten Readiness with STAR Early Literacy Literacy classification Administering the assessment MKAS 2 state portal Student/teacher experience Manual provisioning Support and resources Test Security Accommodations Questions
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 3 Our primary purpose is to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide.
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 4 Computer adaptive assessment Contains 27 items assessing early literacy and numeracy skills Designed for students who do not yet read independently Generally given to students ages 3 to 9 What is STAR Early Literacy?
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 5 STAR Early Literacy assesses early literacy and numeracy skills in three key domains.
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 6 How does a computer adaptive test work? Correct Response Incorrect Response Items answered by student Easy Standard Error of Measurement Difficult
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 7 STAR Early Literacy Scaled Score (SS) 300 SS 900 SS 530 SS
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 8 Skills that a student is likely ready to learn Likely too difficult Item Response Theory Easy Difficult Skills that a student likely already knows Know shoes go on feet Put on shoes Tie shoes Identify shoes
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 10 Parent Report
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 11 Pre-K and Kindergarten Reading Activities
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 12 STAR Early Literacy Demonstration
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 13 Testing with Fidelity PlanPrepareMotivateMonitor Give students the opportunity to perform their best Accurately track student achievement
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 14 Plan for test administration Where to test When to test What will be needed Who will monitor PlanPrepare Motivat e Monitor
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 15 Prepare for students to take the test PlanPrepareMotivateMonitor
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 16 STAR Early Literacy Practice Website Demonstrate taking the test Talk through the information on the pretest instructions Model think aloud strategies to verbalize your thought processes Making an answer choice Needing an item repeated Not knowing an answer Waiting http://www.renlearn.com/lp/mde/
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 17 Explain what students will be doing and why Congratulate effort Establish a procedure for when students finish Motivate students appropriately PlanPrepareMotivateMonitor
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 18 Facilitate testing and assist with technical issues, but do not help students arrive at an answer Plan responses to common student issues PlanPrepareMotivateMonitor Actively monitor students
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 19 Practice Items Monitor Password Item Time Limits Pause or Stop a Test (Ctrl + A) Pause or Stop a Test (Ctrl + A) ADMIN
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 20 The Student Experience
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 21 Navigating the State Portal
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 24 Student Access
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 25 Student Login
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 26 Student Confirmation
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 27 Renaissance Place Home Page Early Literacy John Tyler
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 28 Begin practice items. John Tyler
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 29 Begin the test. John Tyler
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 30 Answer items. John Tyler
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 31 End of Assessment
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 32 The Administrator Experience
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 33 Administrator Access
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 34 Administrator Login
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 35 Administrator Landing Page
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 36 Add New Student
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 37 Add New Student Manual Provisioning
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 38 Add New Student Possible Duplicate
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 39 Student Verification
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 40 Student Added Successfully
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 41 Add New Student Data Template
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 42 Add New Administrator
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 43 Manage School Administrators
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 44 Add Administrator
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 45 New Administrator Verification
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 46 Administrator Added Successfully
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 47 E-mail Notification
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 48 Account Activation Code
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 49 Account Activation - Password
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 50 Successful Account Activation
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 51 Reports
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 52 Report Options
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 53 Participation/Enrollment Report
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 54 Student Authorization Ticket
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 55 Score Summary Report Additional Reports Parent Report Diagnostic ReportInstructional Planning Report
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 56 Resources
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@2014 Renaissance Learning. All rights reserved. www.renaissance.com 58 Additional Support MDE website MK
