Assessments that truly reflect K–6 students’ literacy development in Spanish.
Equitable
Give all students the opportunity to show what they know with assessments that measure the literacy skills they are developing.
Reliable and valid assessments
Empowering teachers and honoring students
Star CBM Lectura lets students showcase the skills they know in Spanish while providing teachers with meaningful data that helps strengthen the connection between assessment and classroom instruction.
Purposeful
Multiple measures are provided to screen and track student growth and evaluate instruction and intervention.
Authentic
Measure components of foundational literacy that are most predictive of learning to read in Spanish.
Actionable
Confidently inform instructional decisions, set appropriate student goals, and track progress toward reading success with immediate access to reliable and valid data.
Authentic measures that truly reflect what your students know
Star CBM Lectura provides authentic measures that reflect students’ literacy development in Spanish.
Combinaciones de letras
Consonant/vowel combinations: grades K–1
This measure assesses students’ knowledge of the phonetic sounds of letter pairs.
Sílabas simples
Simple syllables: grades K–1
This measure assesses early readers’ knowledge of simple syllables, an early basis for decoding words.
Sílabas compuestas
Complex syllables: grades 1–2
This measure examines children’s ability to use more complex strategies to decode unknown words.
Lecturas en voz alta
Passage oral reading: grades 1–6
This measure assesses students’ decoding and fluency skills when reading connected text, with high correlations to comprehension.
Track students' progress
Actionable insights to support emergent bilingual students
Quickly and efficiently assess students’ foundational literacy skills in Spanish with Star CBM Lectura and get data and insights to confidently inform instruction and guide students toward reading success.
Teachers administer 1:1 to students online, in print, remotely, or in person to get a clear picture of literacy development in Spanish.
Item-level scoring, the ability to record responses, goal setting, and intuitive reports give you actionable insights and next steps.
Pre-reader to high achiever
A strong foundation for success
Providing authentic assessment with Star CBM Lectura
Read about the research and best practices that informed the design of Star CBM Lectura and how it differs from other Spanish curriculum-based measures.
Design and evaluation of Star CBM Lectura
Discover how Renaissance partnered with experts in the field of biliteracy to create measures that truly evaluate early learners’ Spanish literacy development.
Flyer
Enhance your picture of K–6 students’ literacy development in Spanish with first-hand insights from Star CBM Lectura.
Solution
Build on and support your emergent bilingual students’ assets and set them up for success.