Data Collection & Analysis

Understanding & Accessing STAR 360 Screening Results

Rutland High School Professional Development

Vocabulary Pre-Test

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Percentile Rank

Grade Equivalent

Grade Placement

Scale Score

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_________is calculated based on the difficulty of questions and the number of correct responses.

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_______ is a norm-referenced score that provides a measure of a student’s reading ability compared to other students in the same grade nationally; ranges from 1 to 99, indicates the percentage of other students nationally who obtained scores equal to or lower than the score of a particular student.

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_______ is a norm-referenced score that represents how a student’s test performance compares with other students nationally. For example, a fifth-grade student with a score of 7.6 performed as well as a typical seventh grader after the sixth month of the school year.

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______ is a numeric representation of a student’s grade level, based on the specific month in which a student takes a STAR Reading test; this is important because the percentile rank and normal curve equivalent not only use the scale score but also this number in calculations.

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