Progress Monitoring & Assessment: Star Early Literacy Star Early Literacy Assessment is a computer-based adaptive assessment to measure Pre-K - 3rd early language and reading foundational skills. All questions are in multiple choice format with three answer options. It uncovers learning gaps quickly to identify at-risk students and assess individual growth. Students automatically progress to Star Reading once they reach a certain threshold of mastery. Most of the frst graders in this study met that threshold and advanced to Star Reading for the end-of-year assessment. For more information about the types of skills assessed refer to Table 8a.
Table 8a. Star Early Literacy Skills Assessed and Example Types of Questions
Skill
Examples of Skills Assessed
Distinguish numbers from letters Identify number of words Match words that are the same Identify rhyming words Blend 2-syllable words Recognize same fnal sounds (pictures) Match short vowel sounds to letters Identify letter for fnal consonant sound Identify sounds with word families Read grade-level sight words Understand position words Match words with their synonyms
Alphabetic Principle, Concept of Word, Visual Discrimination
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Structural Analysis & Vocabulary
Sentence & Paragraph Level Comprehension
Choosing the right word for the sentence Answering multiple choice comprehension question about text
Progress Monitoring & Assessment: Star Reading Star Reading is for K-12 students to assess their reading literacy growth. The test uses multiple choice short comprehension and extended comprehension question types to assess skills across fve diferent domains as shown in Table 8b.
Table 8b. Star Reading Domains & Skills
Domain
Specifc Skills
Vocabulary
Word knowledge and skills - knowledge and ability to apply
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