Training literature, video tutorials and research
Video tutorials
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Star Assessments
- Editing Star screening dates
- Administering Renaissance Star Reading
- Video on preparing your students for their first Star Reading tests | (PDF resource)
- Video on preparing your students for Star testing later in the year | (PDF resource)
- Administering Renaissance Star Maths
- Administering Renaissance Star Early Literacy
- Star Reading reports
- Star Maths reports
- Setting targets
- Using the Growth Report to give feedback on the Star test
- What are Student Growth Percentiles?
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Setting dates
Administering the assessment
Reports and targets
Student Growth Percentiles
Dr Gene Kerns on Star Assessments
How Star Assessments work
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Accelerated Reader
- Setting the new school year
- Setting new courses and classes
- Getting started: Part 1
- Getting started: Part 2
- Printing reading logs
- Monitoring reading practice with reports
- Reprinting the TOPS report
- Setting targets (goals)
- Accelerated Reader in the classroom (Secondary)
- Accelerated Reader in the library (Secondary)
- Status of the class (Primary)
- How to run status of the class (Primary)
- Printing book labels
- Data in action – data meeting
- Using NEO 2 to take Accelerated Reader quizzes
- HomeConnect for Accelerated Reader
- Mile Oak Primary School’s reading culture
- How the SLT supports Accelerated Reader
New school year
AR Book Guide
Reports and logs
Status of the Class
Miscellaneous
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Accelerated Maths
Powerful Practice series
This series of videos from Dr Gene Kerns explores the changing landscape of assessment and curriculum, outlining the key features of Star Assessments and how they meet the demands of the new requirements in education.
Gene Kerns, PdD, is Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Renaissance. He advises customers on education trends and guides Renaissance’s professional development.
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Dashboards
Implementation Timeline
This outlines our most popular training model, formed of three remote sessions and one day of on-site training.
New School Year
Prepare your Renaissance Place site for the new school year using these tutorials and templates.
Training literature
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Star Assessments
- Correlation study between SATS and Star results
- What is Standardised Testing?
- Standardised Testing in Wales
- Guide to generating the Screening Report
- The essential Guide to Star Assessments
- The Science of Star
- The 3-step guide to effective assessment
- Become an Accelerated Reader super user with data from Star Reading
- Life without Levels: The importance of monitoring student growth
- Star Reading skill domains
- Star Maths skill domains
- The role of Learning Progressions in standards-based education reform
- Learning Progressions: supporting instruction and formative assessment
- What is a Student Growth Percentile?
- Percentile ranks, stanines and stens
- Understanding why Star test scores fluctuate
- 3 essential tips to using Star Assessments
- Star Assessments Checklist
- Learning progressions
- Reliability and validity
General Star Resources
Reporting and data
Fact Sheets
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Accelerated Reader
- Overview of Star & Accelerated Reader for All Staff
- Accelerated Reader Day-to-Day Guide for Staff
- Top 10 Classroom Practices
- Planning a Successful Start to Accelerated Reader
- Getting Results with Accelerated Reader
- Getting the most out of AR with Star
- Duolog Paired Reading
- Book Buddies
- Parent’s Guide to Accelerated Reader
- What Parents Need to Know about Accelerated Reader
- Trouble Shooting Codes
- Star Growth Analysis
- Become an Accelerated Reader super user with data from Star Reading
- Setting Targets in Accelerated Reader
- Top 10 Tips for Motivating Students to Read
- Motivating and Display Ideas for Schools
Overview
Parents
Understanding Data
Motivators
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Accelerated Maths
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SLT Resources
- How the SLT supports Accelerated Reader
- Year 7 Catch-Up Guide
- How the SLT supports Accelerated Reader
- Preparing for OFSTED with RP
- Half-termly Report
- Half-termly notes
- End of Year Report
- Characteristic Analysis
- Growth Analysis
- Assigning Characteristics
SLT Guides
SLT Video
Preparing for OFSTED
Sample Reports to download
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Presentations for Students
- Easy Student Guide to Accelerated Reader
- Taking an Accelerated Reader quiz – primary
- Taking an Accelerated Reader quiz – secondary
- Book Buddies
- Using Accelerated Maths
- Taking a Star Reading test – primary
- Taking a Star Reading test – secondary
- Taking a Star Maths test
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Research
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Star Assessments
- The Foundation of Star Assessments: The Science of Star
- Report on Relating results from Renaissance Star Reading and Renaissance Star Maths to the KS2 SATs (2017)
- UK Summary Report Edition 2007
- Understanding Reliability and Validity
- Renaissance Learning Equating Study Report
- UK Summary Report Edition 2007
- Report on Relating results from Renaissance Star Reading and Renaissance Star Maths to the KS2 SATs (2017)
- UK Summary Report Edition 2007
- Understanding Reliability and Validity
- Renaissance Learning Equating Study Report
- NFER: Developing National Curriculum-based Learning Progressions in Reading
- NFER: Developing National Curriculum-based Learning Progressions in Mathematics
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Accelerated Reader
- What Kids Are Reading Report (2018)
- What Kids Are Reading Report (2017)
- Renaissance Star Reading and Renaissance Accelerated Reader Impact Report (2016)
- Renaissance Star Reading and Renaissance Accelerated Reader Impact Report (2016): Data Tables
- NLT report on Reading Engagement, Behaviour and Attitudes in Pupils who use Accelerated Reader (2016)
- Full findings of EEF study of Accelerated Reader (2015)
- A summary of the key findings of EEF study of Accelerated Reader (2015)
- NLT report on Accelerated Reader and Young People’s Reading (2014)
- NLT report on Accelerated Reader and Young People’s Reading (2013)
- National Studies of Reading
- Guided Independent Reading Report (2012)
- Reflections Regarding Assessment, Reading and Maths Instruction in the US and England
- Final Report of Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader Pilot
- Readers and Reading: the National Report for England 2006 (PIRLS: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
- UK Summary Report Edition 2007
- UK Pilot Summary Report
- Computerised formative assessment of reading comprehension: field trials in the UK (Journal of Research in Reading, Volume 26, Issue 3-2003
- Renaissance Independent Research Report – Aberdeen, Scotland
- The Power of 100%
Reports
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Accelerated Maths
Overview
Reports
Renaissance Star Reading
STAR Early Literacy
Renaissance Star Maths
NFER documents
Read T.W.O. using Accelerated Reader with pre-Star Reading students
To ensure that pupils are developing their comprehension skills at the same time as their word attack skills schools can use Accelerated Reader with very young pupils, or with older ones who cannot take a Star Reading Assessment.
Teachers use their professional judgement to set a ZPD level for individual pupils. Pupils should average 85% to 95% on quizzes and this indicates that the ZPD, the ‘not too hard, not too easy’ level of difficulty is appropriate.
Books can be read to pupils and the Accelerated Reader quizzes can also be read to them. Already over 700 quizzes have voice over options to support this approach.
For more information please click here.
Professional development
At Renaissance we believe that good quality professional development of the Senior Leadership Team, teachers and librarians is an integral part of improving pupil outcomes. It enables staff to maximise the investment your school has made in our programmes.
Initial training is essential for new customers, but annual review sessions are highly recommended. To speak to a member of our team about purchasing additional training, please call us on 020 7184 4040.
Webinars
We host online webinar training sessions for our products in addition to our normal implementation programme.