Accurate insights from Star Phonics empower teachers to advance instruction and help students become strong, confident readers.
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Data you can use
Explore what makes Star Phonics so effective
Focused
Assesses the 12 most critical phonics categories with error-level analysis to ensure students have mastered phonics patterns they’ll need and use the most.
Efficient
With intuitive administration on any device, teachers can complete screening in 2–5 minutes per student and get instant insights—with no need for manual data entry.
Aligned
Track student learning and grade-level instruction with reports customized to align with the scope and sequence of your phonics curriculum.
Instructional
Immediate, easy-to-read reports provide skill-level insights, patterns of error, and instructional focus that teachers and specialists can use to personalize instruction for students.
Precise
Class, student, and grade-level reports help educators identify which skills to target with an entire grade level, whole class, small groups, and individual students.
How it works
How does Star Phonics work?
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Screen
Assess the phonics skills of all students in grades 1–6, or any student struggling with reading, in just 2–5 minutes each.
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Review
Immediate reports show you where to focus instruction by illustrating which phonics categories are secure and which need additional attention.
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Instruct
Use the provided instructional insights to know where to intervene and what to teach at the student, group, class, and grade levels.
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Diagnose
Administer remotely or in-person in just 2–5 minutes per student, using easy-to-follow instructions and a simple interface that presents just three words at a time and pinpoints specific phonics skills and letter sounds that require instruction.
A closer look
Phonics screening and diagnostic assessments
Grounded in the Science of Reading, the Star Phonics suite of assessments includes both a screener and diagnostic tests to complement your universal screener, providing the in-depth critical insights into student acquisition of phonics skills.
Both assessments
Administer remotely or in-person with no need for manual data entry. Use any combination of two devices: desktop computers, laptops, or tablets. Students can also test on smartphones.
Screener only
Customizable to any curriculum’s scope and sequence that follows a consistent teaching progression of phonics skills at each grade level.
Diagnostic only
Administer remotely or in-person in just 2–5 minutes per student, using easy-to-follow instructions and a simple interface that presents just three words at a time.
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Dr. Michelle Hosp, the creator of Star Phonics, explains why and how she developed this unique assessment.
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See how Star Phonics works with other Renaissance products to support the Science of Reading.
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