Renaissance Star Assessments® in Spanish
Guide your Spanish-speaking English Learner, dual-language, and immersion students to even greater growth with assessments for early literacy, reading, and math in both English and Spanish.
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Get the full picture of your Spanish-speaking English Learners’ abilities in both languages with Star Assessments in Spanish! Side-by-side comparisons help you identify gaps between what students know in Spanish and what they can demonstrate in English—and determine if they need help with skills mastery, English language acquisition, or both.
Star provides more than a score; reports show how close students are to achieving mastery of each one of the Virginia standards in Spanish and English.
Computer-adaptive tests automatically adjust to students’ skill levels—perfect for English learners at every level, from beginner to advanced.
One assessment solution is all you need: Use Star for universal screening, progress monitoring, goal setting, intervention models, and more.
Each Star Assessment can be completed in 20 minutes or less, meaning you can assess students’ skills in both languages in around 40 minutes.
With Star Assessments, you can easily compare students’ skills in Spanish and English—and then see how their scores compare to grade-level expectations.
Have your English Learners mastered skills in their native language that they cannot yet demonstrate in English? Get answers with side-by-side reporting.
How are English Learners performing compared to grade-level benchmarks? Screening and diagnostic reports identify students who may need support or intervention.
Have your English Learners mastered skills in their native language that they cannot yet demonstrate in English? Get answers with side-by-side reporting.
How are English Learners performing compared to grade-level benchmarks? Screening and diagnostic reports identify students who may need support or intervention.
Three Star Assessments are available in both English and Spanish: Star Early Literacy for grades K–3, Star Reading for grades K–12, and Star Math for grades 1–12. With Star Assessments, you can get a consistent measure of achievement and growth, in English and in Spanish, across all grades!
Research shows English Learners at different English proficiency levels may need different instructional approaches. With Star Assessments, you can sort screening data by English language proficiency level to see how ELP groups are performing or how a student compares with other English Learners at the same ELP.
Spanish-language items in Star Assessments are not simple translations of their English counterparts. Instead, our team of experts takes into consideration cultural differences, idioms, linguistic characteristics, and more to transadapt test items—giving you better, more accurate data about students’ skills in Spanish.
Which skills are your Spanish-speaking students ready to learn in English? Star Assessments provide personalized skill suggestions for each student, based on a custom learning progression aligned to Virginia standards, so you can keep all students moving toward grade-level expectations.
Imagine you have a new student, a Spanish-speaking English Learner. If you only test him in English, all you may know is that his score—at least in English—is way below grade level. You might conclude he needs remedial classes or special education for intensive skill instruction.
However, if you also assess him in Spanish, you may see his skill level is very high—he simply lacks the ability to demonstrate those skills in English. Now, instead of investing resources in teaching him skills he already knows, you can confidently focus on getting him the language support he needs to be at grade level in both languages.
Watch this free webinar to see how Star Assessments give you the data and insights to best meet your English Learners’ instructional needs.
Star Early Literacy
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“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
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