Star Early Literacy

Star Early Literacy is a comprehensive assessment that quickly measures early literacy and numeracy skills for students in grades K-3. It allows educators to identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals for students, and identify students who are not on grade-level. Star Early Literacy offers assessments in both English and Spanish and is computer adaptive.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Reading,
Language,
Speaking & Listening
Subdomain

Print Concepts; Fluency; Phonological Awareness; Phonics and Word Recognition; Vocabulary

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
12 minutes
Administration
Computer
Timed
Yes

Access and Use

Open Access
No
Use in Research

Paprzycki, P., Tuttle, N., Czerniak, C. M., Molitor, S., Kadervaek, J., & Mendenhall, R. (2017). The impact of a framework-aligned science professional development program on literacy and mathematics achievement of K-3 students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 54(9), 1174–1196. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21400

Savage, C. (2022). Considerations for use of early grades reading assessments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. https://edinstruments.org/resources/early-grades-reading-assessments 

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Norm-referenced
National Comparison
Yes

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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