Data, Assessment, & Progress Monitoring
NSBECS Standard 8: An excellent Catholic school uses school-wide assessment methods and practices to document student learning and program effectiveness, to make student performances transparent, and to inform the continuous review of curriculum and the improvement of instructional practices.
Renaissance Star Screening Dates
9/5-9/15 11/6-11/17
2/5-2/16 5/6-5/17
(use this link to access the ADSF site-specific address)
View Personnel: Ensure personnel who have access to school data is up to date, especially if you have had changes in administration or staffing.
Delete Personnel: Delete personnel who are no longer employed.
Reset Student Passwords: Prevent student mix-ups by updating default passwords and preventing new students being forced to change their password.
User Name & Passwords: Access student usernames and passwords.
The Archdiocese of San Francisco uses Renaissance Star as our system-wide growth progress assessment tool. It is intended to be used as a tool to monitor overall progress and growth and provide benchmark data to identify if students are on track for high school and college readiness and are achieving sufficient growth.
In conjunction with classroom data, teachers can use Renaissance Star to identify students needing additional support.
Month by Month Check-Off Sheet for 2022-2023
Renaissance Star Reports (which report to review)
Renaissance Star Reports - Video (learn about reports, see how to access them)
Renaissance Star Reports - Google Slides - Learn about each report here (pictures, videos, how to access)
Learn how to use NearPod with your Renaissance Star Data (grouping)
Teacher Data Protocol - Walk through reports and questions you might be asking
Teacher Data Informed & Evidence Driven Samples
Other Reports
How did my students perform on Star Assessments?
Star Screening Report
This report shows students’ placement as compared to the district benchmark. Easily identify student who need intervention.
What learning gaps do my students have? What are they ready to learn?
Instructional Planning Student/Class Report
Reports provide a list of recommended skills for individualized, group or class instruction based on their Star assessment score. Great tool for identifying learning gaps and intervention focus.
How did my students perform on state standards and skills?
State Standards Mastery or Monitor Student Mastery Dashboard
These reports summarize students’ mastery of state standards. Easily identify which grade level standards students have already mastered, which standards are the lowest performing, etc.
Administrator Tools (access here)
School Data Analysis Summary Sheet
School Data Analysis Summary Sheet (23-24 form for all school leaders)
School Data Analysis Summary Sheet (completed example)
Evidence of Data Analysis - Four documented staff data meetings are required for this year- SOY, EOT1, MOY, EOY (you can use slides, docs, or another way to show evidence of data meetings)
SOY School Data Informed and Planning Decision Making SOY Slides, Google Doc, or Other (create your own) - Evidence #1
EOT1 School Data Informed and Planning Decision Making EOT1 Slides, Google Doc, or Other (create your own) - Evidence #2
MOY School Data Informed and Planning Decision Making MOY Slides or Other (create your own) - Evidence #3
EOY School Data Informed and Planning Decision Making EOY Slides or Other (create your own) - Evidence #4
Tools to Support your Teachers Data Review
Teacher Data Protocol - Walk through reports and questions you might be asking
SOY Teacher Data Informed & Evidence Driven Samples , EOT1 Teacher Data Informed & Evidence Driven Samples
Websites to support further understanding of Lexiles and Quantiles
Data Workbook Support (access here)
Use this slide deck to know where and how to access reports for your Data Workbook (slides and video)
Preparing for Parent/Student Teacher Conferences
NEW Student Report
Student and parent friendly Star report. This report helps communicate student performance: how where they are relates to where they need to be. Learn more here.
Other Parent reports:
The Star Parent report provides a printable information letter for parents or guardians in English and Spanish. The Star Family report provides printable information including benchmark levels and domain scores. Learn more here.
Star Data Conversations with Students and Families
This helpful document provides resources and tips for educators in preparing to meet with students and families to discuss Star assessment results. Learn more here.
Are you looking for reports?
Star Reading Tech Manual (norming info starts on PDF pg.104)- https://help2.renaissance.com/US/PDF/SR/SRRPTechnicalManual.pdf
Star Reading Benchmarks & Cut Scores - https://help2.renaissance.com/US/PDF/SR/SRUnifiedBenchmarksCutScores.pdf
Star Math Tech Manual (norming info starts on PDF pg.88) - https://help2.renaissance.com/US/PDF/SM/SMRPTechnicalManual.pdf
Star Math Benchmarks & Cut Scores - https://help2.renaissance.com/US/PDF/SM/SMUnifiedBenchmarksCutScores.pdf
Find out where to find instructional resources in Star Assessments
Star Math and Reading Unified Scale
ADSF Student Achievement Data Analysis History
2016-2017
40PR Proficiency
Three assessments per year
Early Literacy optional, Training
2017-2018
50PR Proficiency
Four assessment windows a year, Early Literacy (all)
Data Binders
Longitudinal Tracking (school site/school speak)
Principal Goal
2018-2019
65PR Proficiency (College and Career Ready)
Data Binders fortified Renaissance Star ADSF Website created
2019-2020
On Watch becomes Progressing School Goal Form
Focus on transparency with class goals and data
School Data Collection (sheets)
2020-2021
Transition to the Renaissance Growth Platform
Pastor-Principal Data Form
School Report Collection (goals, data)
Triangulation (introduced)
2021-2022
Data Analysis Option #2 (further shift toward data analysis from RenStar analysis)
Data Workbook (excel)
Integration of WCEA School Goal, Data, and Professional Learning
Commitment Data Analysis Review @ Principal Meetings
2022-2023
Data Analysis Option #2 becomes School Data Analysis Sheet (only option)
Data Workbook is now on Google Sheets (DCS fills in ADSF data)
Data Training only offered to Year 1 -2 -3 and those who choose to attend
Principal Meetings (30 minutes at two meetings)
Renaissance Star Assessments
Renaissance Star Assessments are computer-adaptive tests (CATs) for pre-K—12 students that measure reading, math, and early literacy skills.
CATs are computer-adaptive tests that adjust based on students’ responses. If your student answers a question correctly, the next one is more difficult. If he or she answers incorrectly, the next is easier.
Teachers use the data from Star Assessments to answer essential questions he or she has about their student’s learning needs and to improve academic outcomes for all the students in the class.
Star results are used to:
Measuring general achievement in reading, math, or early literacy
Identifying what skills a student is ready to learn
Helping plan instructional support activities
Tracking progress toward academic targets
Estimating student proficiency on state tests
Estimating student mastery of standards
Monitoring student intervention progress
Purpose and Use of the Assessment
ARCHDIOCESAN LEVEL
Monitor overall progress and growth of ASF schools
SCHOOL LEVEL
Monitor the overall progress and growth of the school
CLASSROOM LEVEL
Provide benchmark data to identify if students are on track for high and college readiness and achieving sufficient growth
In conjunction with classroom data, identify students in need of additional support
STUDENT LEVEL
Provide students and parents with benchmark data of overall progress and growth
For students in need of intervention:
Provide teachers with diagnostic data to determine interventions
In conjunction with classroom data, monitor progress to determine if support should continue, modify, or end
