Star Diagnostic Report

The Star Diagnostic Report presents diagnostic and skill information for an individual student.

1. Use the Subject and Assignment Type drop-down lists to choose the assignment types to include in the report. The assignment types available will change depending on the subject chosen:
   
   
   
   

   If you select Star Early Literacy as the assignment type, an additional drop-down list (Domains to Show) will appear to the right; use it to select which literacy domains to show on the report.

   

2. Select Change Students... to choose the students to include in the report.
   
   
   
   
   • Teachers can only choose students in their own classes and groups.
   • In the pop-up window, if there is a Schools column, select a school. (This column isn't available if you only have access to one school.)

   

   • If the Teachers column is available, at the top of the column, choose either All Teachers (to choose all the teachers in the school) or Select Teachers (to choose specific teachers; check the ones you want in the list).
     
     

     You can search the items in a column by clicking within that column and then typing Ctrl+F or control-F on the keyboard.

   • At the top of the Classes column, choose either All Classes (to choose all the classes for the teachers) or Select Classes (to choose specific classes; check the ones you want in the list).
   • Teachers and school staff will also see a Groups column.
     
     
     
     At the top of the Groups column, choose either All Groups or Select Groups; if you choose Select Groups, check the groups that you want to include. The first choice in the column is "Whole Class" or "Whole Classes"; choose this to report on the class(es) as a whole. Below that, you will see any groups that you have created.
   • You may need to scroll to the right to see the Students column. At the top of the Students column, choose either All Students (to choose all the students) or Select Students (to choose specific students; check the ones you want in the list).
   When you are done making your choices, select Apply (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).

3. If you want to use demographic data to further refine the data in the report, select Change Demographics...
   
   

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, Language, and Grade Level. To reduce the scope, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column.

   
   In the example above, the user has selected two Languages and three Grade Levels, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.
   
   

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To reduce the scope, choose Select Characteristics... and then check each characteristic you want students in the report to have. You must also choose any or all (after "Include students with") to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.

   
   In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (ADA and ESL). Because any is selected, the report will include students who are ADA, ESL, or both. If all had been selected, only students who are both ADA and ESL would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.
   
   Once you are finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).
4. Use the Date Range drop-down list to choose the marking period you want to generate the report for. You can select an existing marking period, or you can select Custom... and set your own dates (use the calendars to select a range of dates; then select Apply to use the dates you have chosen or Cancel to close this pop-up without saving your selection).
   
   
5. Use the Sort Students By drop-down list to choose how you want students to be sorted in the report: by classes/groups, grade, last name, or teachers.
   
   
6. Use the Scale drop-down list to choose which scale you want to use for the scores on the report. (If you select a scale that doesn't apply to the selected assignment type, the default scale for that assignment type will be used.)
   
   
   
   
   • PARCC (Math) only applies to grades 3–8.
   • PARCC (Reading) only applies to grades 3–10.
   • Smarter Balanced (Reading and Math) only applies to grades 3–8.

   If the selected scale does not apply to some of the selected students in the report, the Star Enterprise Scale will be used for those students.

7. Use the Benchmark Type drop-down list to choose which benchmark you want to measure students' scores against.
   
   
8. To the right of the Benchmark Type drop-down list:
   
   
   • Check Show Grade Equivalent to include Grade Equivalent scores in the report
   • Check Show Domain Scores to include domain scores in the report.
   
   
   

   If you selected Star Early Literacy as the assignment type in step 1, "Show Domain Scores" will be replaced with "Show Benchmark Bar Chart"; select it if you want to see the benchmark bar chart on the report.

   

9. Below the Scale and Benchmark Type drop-down lists:
   
   
   • Check Show Student ID to include student IDs on the report.
   • Check Hide Students Without Data if you want to have students without test data omitted from the report.
   
10. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.
    
    
11. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page.
    
    
    
    For each student, you will see the date and time of their last completed assignment (of the type you selected earlier). The scores related to that assignment are shown below—they will vary based on the assignment type.
    
    The example shown above is for a Star Reading Enterprise (English) assessment. It includes Scaled Score (and the benchmark category it falls into—the benchmark type is shown at the top), Percentile Rank, Instructional Reading Level, and Estimated Oral Reading Fluency. Because of the options selected in step 8, the Grade Equivalent and domain scores are also included. Since this is a Star Reading Enterprise (English) assessment, the Zone of Proximal Development is also shown (below the domain scores).
    
    You may see one of these messages about the student's test performance in the "Test Duration & Fidelity" section:
    
    
    • Non-Reader: A non-reader is a student who took a Star Reading assessment and got a Scaled Score lower than 65. For lower-grade students, you may want to retest them with Star Early Literacy and/or work on developing a sight-reading vocabulary of at least 100 words before retesting in Star Reading. A score this low may indicate that the student was randomly choosing test responses; consider retesting the student and observing him/her during the assessment.
    • Extended Time Limit: The student was given extra time to answer each question.
    • Short/Long Test Time: The student spent significantly less/more time taking the test than expected. This message appears based on the following testing times:
      
      

      Test		“Short Test Time” Message Triggered	“Long Test Time” Message Triggered
      Star Early Literacy		—	> 19 minutes
      Star Reading		< 230 seconds (3 minutes 50 seconds)	> 39 minutes
      Star Math	Enterprise, Algebra, or Geometry	< 136 seconds (2 minutes 16 seconds)	> 38 minutes
      	Progress Monitoring	< 156 seconds (2 minutes 36 seconds)

    The score in the Scaled Score section is shown in the scale you selected earlier.

    If the following conditions are met:

    • the report would normally show a student's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), and
    • the Lexile® Range preference has been set to use Lexile® Ranges,

    then the Lexile® Range will be shown instead of the ZPD.

    If the report is for Star Math Enterprise (English) or Star Math Progress Monitoring (English) assessments and the Quantile® Measure preference has been set to show Quantile® Measures, the report will show Quantile® Measures and Quantile® Ranges. (At this time, Quantile® Measures are not available for Star Math Spanish, Star Math Algebra, or Star Math Geometry assessments.)

    Students in grade 12 who have only taken Star Math Enterprise assessments will not see domain scores on the Diagnostic Report. When students move on to grade 12, the material studied is generally outside of the domains that are assessed in Star Math. For that reason, we do not report on domains, as they are typically covered prior to this grade level.

    If the report is for Star Early Literacy, the layout will be slightly different (to accommodate the presence of literacy domains).

    Skill sets with a blue arrow next to them are the skill sets the student is ready to learn, based on the student's Scaled Score. If a number less than 40 is displayed for a skill set, it means either that the student was not presented with any test items that measure that skill or that the skill is too advanced for the student to learn at this time.

    

12. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report.
13. To print the report, select the PDF icon at the top of the screen: .
14. To return to the Reports page, select the navigator icon at the top of the screen: .