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Welcome to the KASD Professional Learning Website. Here you will find Teacher Resources and PL opportunities through P.L.A.Y.
Star Assessments are short assessments that provide teachers with personalized learning data for each student. Star tests are computer adaptive.
Freckle helps K-12 teachers differentiate instruction and reach every student at their own level across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science.
Accelerated Reader is a digital program that helps students and teachers manage and monitor independent reading practice in both English and Spanish.
Helpful Tools to Navigate Renaissance Products:
Smart Start (link provides videos and resources to master basic navigation and best practices using resources)
Renaissance- U (once logged into your Renaissance Portal, click the tile "Renaissance-U" tile for support (See Image below)
What is this? - Access free Renaissance Smart Start® and other valuable educational resources
STAR
Star Unifed Scale - What does this mean?
Lexile Measure - What does this scale mean?
Training Resources from 12/5/24
STAR CBM - Working with Understanding and Administering Star CBM:
Introduce Star CBM as a measurement tool.
Compare Star CAT and Star CBM and discuss how they can be used together.
Administer Star CBM measures with Fidelity.
Provide clarity on accommodation available with Star CBM.
Session Recording:
Star: Understanding and Administering Star CBM (Kiski Area School District 706588)
Star: Understanding and Administering Star CBM (Kiski Area School District 706588)
CBM Resources:
Smart Start is a valuable resource for educators starting with Star Assessments. It includes checklists, helpful videos, and resources to use after the assessment.
How-to webinars offer educators a free platform to discover new insights and learn practical tips.
Star CBM allows you to assess student’s reading and math development accurately and better to target instruction and intervention for each learner’s needs.
Star CBM assessments can be administered by an adult who has some experience working on academic material with students–current and retired teachers, para-educators, academic subject-area coaches, administrators, or experienced volunteers.
In Star CBM, benchmarks show whether students are performing as expected on the measure for the grade level and season. Benchmarks are available for the measures recommended for each grade and season.
Progress Monitoring Toolkit.pdfRenaissance Comprehensive Assessment System - Graphic.pdfThe Science of Reading Playbook.pdfData-Driven Goals within MTSS.pdfFreckle
How do I access this with my class? - Both students and teachers should log in by logging into your Renaissance account and clicking on the FRECKLE TILE.
Connecting STAR assessment with FRECKLE (click to see images to support step-by-step directions)
Directions to connect STAR to Freckle for your ENTIRE class IF it does not work Automatically
1. Go to your TEACHER DASHBOARD - Click the "connect to STAR assessments" button
Go to "Roster", then click the drop-down arrow on the gear by the first student's name
Click "Edit Dashboard Settings"
Click "Focus Skills" and "apply to all students in the class"
How do students practice "Focus Skills"? (click to view webpage)
Accelerated Reader
Getting started with Accelerated Reader (click to view webpage)
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