Whether your students are enrolled in dual language or English-only classrooms, Star Assessments in English and Spanish helps educators move from assessment to targeted instruction in ways that best support emergent bilingual students’ learning and growth.
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Star Evaluaciones
Guide your Spanish-speaking English Learner, dual-language, and immersion students to greater growth with bilingual assessments for early literacy, reading, and math in both English and Spanish. Appropriate for in-person, remote, and hybrid teaching.
KNOW WHAT YOUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS ARE READY TO LEARN
K–12 bilingual assessments
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSING IN BOTH LANGUAGES
The difference data makes in bilingual assessment
Imagine you have a new student: a Spanish-speaking English Learner. If you only test him in English, you won’t necessarily get a complete picture of the skills he has developed in his native language.
Now imagine that you also assess the student in Spanish. This will provide you with insight into what he knows and can do in both languages, so you can provide instruction and support to help him reach his full potential.
UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF YOUR ENGLISH LEARNERS
Bilingual assessment and instructional planning
Star CBM Lectura
Star CBM Lectura for grades K–6. Assessments that truly reflect students’ literacy development in Spanish.
Celebrate emergent bilingual learners
Renaissance takes an asset-based approach to student learning: recognizing and uncovering the knowledge and skills a child has in their home language to promote learning and accelerate growth.
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Learn more about supporting emergent bilingual students with Star Assessments in English and Spanish
Star Evaluaciones includes Star Alfabetización temprana, Star Lectura, and Star Matemáticas
Please note: Star Early Literacy and Star Reading assessments in Spanish assess authentic Spanish literacy skills. English language skills that do not exist in Spanish are not included. Star Math assessments in English and Spanish assess the same skills.
Star Alfabetización temprana
Foundational Skills
- Print Concepts
- Phonological Awareness
- Phonics and Word Recognition
- Fluency
- Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Star Lectura
Informational Text & Literature
- Key Ideas and Details
- Craft and Structure
- Integration of Knowledge & Skills
- Range of Reading & Text Complexity
Language
- Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Matemáticas
- Counting and Cardinality
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
- Measurement and Data
- Geometry
- Fraction Concepts and Operations
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- The Number System
Approved by administrators and teachers globally
Star Assessments give teachers a fast, clear picture of students’ abilities in both languages… We’re also able to identify problems early in the process, without requiring a lot of one-on-one teacher time for testing.
Anna Thomas, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Accountability, OSD
Star Spanish Focus Skills
Focus Skills are the building blocks of student learning. Based on extensive research on how learning progresses in reading and math, the Focus Skills provide a roadmap to lead each student to greater mastery.
RECORDED WEBINAR
Making a difference in the outcome of your dual-language learners: tools that work
Presenters: Doris Chavez-Linville and Carol Johnson
Students in bilingual and dual-language programs graduate from high school headed to the career or college of their dreams. One of the main reasons for this success is the development of biliteracy. This session explores the ways in which Renaissance supports biliteracy in bilingual and dual-language programs.
Discover the power of Renaissance Star Assessments
Explore features, review research, get funding resources, and more.
FAQs about bilingual assessment
Understanding Star Evaluaciones
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