Renaissance Star Assessments

"Renaissance STAR Assessment Review"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? It is very easy for students to log in. I like that the scores are immediately visible. I like that all of the programs in Renaissance connect. The STAR assessments give the book levels for AR. They also give the students specific practices needed in Freckle from the STAR test. What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? I do not like that the state score is estimated. I would like to know if it is an exact number that ...

"Quick and Easy Assessment"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? I enjoy how easy the program is to use, and how much time it saves for instruction. What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? There have been times that I wished for more effective assistance from the online chat feature. What problems is Renaissance Star Assessments solving and how is that benefiting you? We are assessing our students while working in a hybrid setting. This assessment suite allows us to assess quickly ...

"Star Assessments Review (Middle School Opinion)"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? Star Assessments does a good job of predicting how many of our students will perform on the state assessments at the end of the year. There are also great resources/links available that can assist in targeting needed areas of improvement if educators take advantage of them. What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? Many of our students get tired of taking this assessment multiple times a year (which is needed to get ...

"Most Useful Tool for Classroom Teachers"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? I like how straight forward all of the information is. You get a break down of the skills and they are placed in easy to understand levels of mastered, almost, and not yet ready for (I don't remember the exact verbiage). I also like that you can test as many times as you want, whenever you want. You don't have to wait for a time period that they are open or only be able to track progress from year to year or season to season. What do ...

"Quick Assessment to Check Progress"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? I like that the STAR 360 assessments are quick to administer. Students understand the process for completing a STAR test and aren't distracted by the test format. Each question is timed and therefore students aren't allowed to overthink or daydream while taking the test. The teacher dashboard provides a wealth of information for educators to use when checking student progress or when determining next steps for lessons. What do you ...

"STAR REVIEW"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? What I like best about Renaissance Star Assessments is being able to monitor student's growth. What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? The one thing I dislike are the changes in the website that make the reports hard to find sometimes Recommendations to others considering Renaissance Star Assessments: Good tool, easy to use What problems is Renaissance Star Assessments solving and how is that benefiting you? Some ...

"Good product overall. Some hits and some misses."

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? Renaissance/Star360 has some very good features like quick testing time and a variety of quick, good, classroom level reports for teachers. Being a quick assessment, it leaves more time for student instruction and frees up the lab for other activities. It also has a variety of good, detailed classroom level reports; teachers can get the summary information and performance levels they need easily. It also interpolates the results to ...

"Renaissance has been a useful assessment tool"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? I like the reports that can be generated and how they correspond directly to lessons What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? I wish it would break down the skills into TEKS for the reports Recommendations to others considering Renaissance Star Assessments: I would have students retake the test periodically to get progress data. What problems is Renaissance Star Assessments solving and how is that benefiting you? It ...

"Renaissance Star 360"

What do you like best about Renaissance Star Assessments? In this era of high stakes testing, STAR gives quick results. What do you dislike about Renaissance Star Assessments? I don’t always understand the students’ results and what goes into their overall score. Recommendations to others considering Renaissance Star Assessments: STAR is a student-friendly program. What problems is Renaissance Star Assessments solving and how is that benefiting you? We use STAR to inform instruction for ...