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Biliteracy Trajectories: Supporting Literacy Development in Two Languages

This whitepaper introduces the Renaissance Star assessment Biliteracy Trajectories Project, The full whitepaper is aavailable online: <https://renaissance.widen.net/s/vtlslkjdns/809564-biliteracytrajectories-whitepaper>.

Relating Star Reading Spanish and Star Math Spanish to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Spanish (STAAR Spanish)

This technical report details the statistical method behind the process of linking Texas' state test (STAAR Spanish) and Star Reading Spanish and Star Math Spanish Unified Scale Scores.The Full Report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R62044>.

Star Reading Spanish Technical Manual

This technical manual is a compendium of all relevant information about content and item development, item and scale calibration, reliability and measure precision, validity, norming, and score definitions for Star Reading Spanish.Email research@renaissance.com to request a copy of the technical manual from the Renaissance Research Department.

Special Report: Student Growth Percentile in Star Assessments

This paper describes student growth percentiles (SGP), an increasingly popular method of characterizing student growth that is used in Renaissance's Star Reading, Star Math, Star Early Literacy, Star Reading Spanish, Star Math Spanish, and Star Early Literacy Spanish assessments. Topics covered include: explanation of performance versus growth measures, information on the evolution of the SGP score (purpose of the prior score and time adjustment), and a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) with answers. The full report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R57137>.

Research Foundation for Star Adaptive Assessments: Science of Star

Newly Updated! Foundation of Star Adaptive Assessments explains the science behind our purposeful, proven, powerful, and predictive assessments: Star Early Literacy, Star Spanish Early Literacy, Star Reading, Star Spanish Reading, Star Math, and Star Spanish Math. Topics covered include an overview of each assessment, computer adaptive testing, item response theory, the item development process, dynamic calibration, how the learning progressions were developed and fuel the assessments, key reports, growth measurement, SGP, linking studies, research support, and reliability and validity information. The full report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R14807>.