The Star Assessments Relate to State and Other Assessments Renaissance Star Early Literacy Studies have been conducted with Star Early Literacy and the following assessments to correlate or statistically link* the tests: Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) Iowa Test of Basics Skills (ITBS) Star Early Literacy scores also correlate with several assessments of early literacy skills: AIMSweb Child Observation Record (COR) Developing Skills Checklist (DSC) Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL-3) Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRT) Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE) Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) Michigan Literacy Progress Profile (MLPP) Northwest Evaluation Association Levels Test (NWEA) Levels Test Running Records Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) Renaissance Star Reading Studies have been conducted with Star Reading and the following assessments to correlate or statistically link* the tests: ACT Aspire ACT College Readiness Benchmarks Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test+ (ARMT+) Alaska's Standards Based Assessment (SBA) Alberta Provincial Achievement Test (PAT) for English Language Arts American Testronics Arizona s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Arkansas Augmented Benchmark Examinations (AABE) California Achievement Test (CAT) California Standards Tests for English-Language Arts (CST) Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) 1
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Connecticut Mastery Test Generation 4 (CMT4) Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) Reading Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Oral Reading Fluency Explore (ACT Program for Educational Planning, 8th Grade) Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 2.0 (FCAT 2.0) Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRT) Georgia Milestones Assessment System Georgia s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) Reading Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (I-READ3) Indiana Statewide Testing for Education Progress-Plus Assessments (ISTEP+) Iowa Assessment (IA) Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) Kansas Assessments Kansas Reading Assessment Kansas State Assessment Program (KSAP) Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP); Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (ileap) Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for English Language Arts Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) English Language Arts Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) Reading Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCAII) Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCAIII) Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2) Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System (MKAS2) Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Grade-Level Assessments Missouri Mastery Achievement Test (MMAT) Montana s Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) Reading Test Nevada s Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) for Reading New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK) New Mexico Standards Based Assessments (SBA) for Reading New York State Assessment Program (NYSTP) for English Language Arts New York State Pupil Evaluation Program (P&P) North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests (NC EOG) North Carolina READY End-of-Grade Test (EOG) North Dakota State Assessment (NDSA) Northwest Evaluation Association Levels Test (NWEA) Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Language Usage 2
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Reading NRT Practice Achievement Test (NRT) Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA) Ohio State Test (OST) Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) PLAN (ACT Program for Educational Planning, 10th Grade) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Pennsylvania s System of School Assessment (PSSA) Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS) Smarter Balanced Assessment South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY) South Carolina s Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) for English Language Arts South Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (DSTEP) Stanford Reading Test State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Suffolk Reading Scale 2 (SRS2) Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Achievement Test TerraNova Test of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) Utah Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence (SAGE) ELA Assessment Utah s Criterion-Referenced Test for English Language Arts Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Washington s Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2 (WESTEST 2) Wide Range Achievement Test 3 (WRAT3) Wisconsin Forward Exam Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) Wisconsin Reading Comprehension Test Woodcock Reading Mastery (WRM) Renaissance Star Math Studies have been conducted with Star Math and the following assessments to correlate or statistically link* the tests: Achievement Level (RIT) Test ACT Aspire ACT College Readiness Benchmarks ACT Explore Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test+ (ARMT+) Alaska's Standards Based Assessment (SBA) American College Testing Program (ACT) Arizona s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Arkansas Augmented Benchmark Examinations (AABE) California Achievement Test (CAT) California Standards Tests for Mathematics (CST) Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) 3
Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) Connecticut Mastery Test Generation 4 (CMT4) Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) Mathematics Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) Educational Development Series (EDS) Explore (ACT Program for Educational Planning, 8th Grade) Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 2.0 (FCAT 2.0) Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) Georgia Milestones Assessment System Georgia s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) Idaho Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) Mathematics Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD-3) assessment Indiana Statewide Testing for Education Progress-Plus Assessments (ISTEP+) Iowa Assessment (IA) Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) Kansas Assessments Kansas Mathematics Assessment Kansas State Assessment Program (KSAP) Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP); Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (ileap) Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for Math Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) Mathematics Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAII) Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCAIII) Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2) Missouri Algebra 1 End of Course exam Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Grade-Level Assessments Montana s Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) Math Test Nevada s Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) for Math New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK) New Mexico Standards Based Assessments (SBA) for Math New York State Assessment Program (NYSTP) for Mathematics New York State Math Assessment (NYSMA) North Carolina End-of-Grade Test (NC EOG) North Carolina READY End-of-Grade Test (EOG) Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Northwest Achievement Level Tests (NALT) Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Math Ohio Achievement Assessments (OAA) Ohio State Test (OST) Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT) 4
Otis Lennon School Ability Test Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) PLAN (ACT Program for Educational Planning, 10th Grade) Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS) Rhode Island New Standards Reference Exams (NSRES) Mathematics Smarter Balanced Assessment South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY) South Carolina s Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) for Mathematics South Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (DSTEP) State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Algebra 1 End of Course (EOC) Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Achievement Test TerraNova Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2 (WESTEST 2) Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT III) Wisconsin Forward Exam Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) For additional information, full technical manuals are available for each Star assessment by contacting Renaissance at research@renaissance.com * Statistical linking studies are continuously underway and Performance Reports for new states are released on a regular basis. For the most up-todate list of state assessments with statistical links to the Star Assessments, email research@renaissance.com 5 All logos, designs, and brand names for Renaissance s products and services, including but not limited to Star Assessments, Star Early Literacy, Star Math, Star Reading, and Renaissance are trademarks of Renaissance Learning, Inc., and its subsidiaries, registered, common law, or pending registration in the United States.