Lalilo has recently received Digital Promise's Research-Based Design product certification. This certification is intended to serve as a reliable signal for consumers, including school administrators, educators, and families, looking for evidence of educational technology (edtech) products that are based in research about learning. Renaissance submitted evidence confirming a link between research on how students learn and Lalilo's design.The certification is available online: <https://productcertifications.digitalpromise.org/research-based-certified-products/>.

"This ad hoc report presents a brief headline summary of the Education Policy Institute and Renaissance Learning's third assessment of the learning loss experienced by pupils in England as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is based on assessment data from Renaissance Learning's Star Reading and Star Maths in the spring term of the 2020/21 academic year. These data have been linked with data held by the Department for Education in the National Pupil Database, enabling us to control for a range of pupil characteristics. This is the first time we have analysed assessments undertaken in the spring term 2020/21 and represents an initial assessment of whether pupils lost learning as a result of the national lockdown at the beginning of 2021. In this report we present estimates of learning loss for pupils in primary schools (covering year groups 3-6). Further breakdowns by pupil characteristics and estimates for pupils in secondary schools will be presented in a subsequent full report." The Full Report is available online: <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6239cbf08fa8f540f127aaae/Understanding_Progress_in_the_2020_21_Academic_Year_Initial_findings_from_the_spring_term.pdf>.

This is a quick-reference list of the key research supporting Star Reading and is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R33567>.

This is a quick-reference list of the key research supporting Star Early Literacy and is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R33566>.

This is a quick-reference list of the key research supporting Star Math and is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R33640>

This white paper contains the research foundation for Lalilo. The Full Report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R63394>.

From the abstract: "From January to June 2020, we conducted a randomized controlled efficacy study of the Lalilo software on learning to read. The results suggest a positive impact of using Lalilo in the classroom and then at home when schools closed. These results are encouraging for Lalilo and suggest that use in the context of pedagogical continuity has a positive impact on literacy skills. Here we present our methodology and discuss the limitations of this study."The Full Report is available online: <https://docs.renaissance.com/R63386>.

How Kids Are Performing: Tracking the Midyear Impact of COVID-19 on Reading and Mathematics Achievement: Winter 2020-2021 Edition examines how students are performing at the midway point of the 2020-2021 school year. Based on insights from millions of student assessments, the report explores key questions, including: 1. How are students growing during the first half of the 2020-2021 school year compared with typical school-year growth? 2. How much is the pandemic impacting student performance as of the middle of the 2020-2021 school year? 3. Are we gaining ground? How do the winter pandemic achievement impacts compare to fall? The full report is available online: <https://renaissance.widen.net/s/zvq8rnrp9t/r63370>.

FastBridge earlyReading Decodable Words has been rated highly by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as academic progress monitoring assessment. The Full Review is available online: <https://charts.intensiveintervention.org/aprogressmonitoring>.

FastBridge earlyReading Letter Sounds has been rated highly by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as academic progress monitoring assessment. The Full Review is available online: <https://charts.intensiveintervention.org/aprogressmonitoring>.

FastBridge earlyReading Nonsense Words has been rated highly by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as academic progress monitoring assessment. The Full Review is available online: <https://charts.intensiveintervention.org/aprogressmonitoring>.

FastBridge earlyMath Decomposing has been rated highly by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as academic progress monitoring assessment. The Full Review is available online: <https://charts.intensiveintervention.org/aprogressmonitoring>.

FastBridge earlyMath Match Quantity has been rated highly by the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) as academic progress monitoring assessment. The Full Review is available online: <https://charts.intensiveintervention.org/aprogressmonitoring>.