Interpreting Core Scoring Metrics Flashcards

A stanine score of 5 on the STAR assessment places a student in which category?

Answer: Average

Stanine 5 is the middle stanine and represents the average range of performance.

A school's API (Academic Performance Index) growth target is based on which STAR scoring concept?

Answer: Percentage of students scoring Proficient or above

API calculations weight the proportion of students scoring at Proficient or above as a key growth metric.

On a STAR report, what does a student's Lexile score primarily measure?

Answer: Reading comprehension level matched to text complexity

The Lexile score measures a student's reading ability and can be matched to books at the appropriate complexity level.

Which statement correctly describes the relationship between a scale score and a raw score on the STAR assessment?

Answer: Scale scores are statistically adjusted raw scores that allow year-to-year comparison

Scale scores are derived from raw scores through equating, enabling consistent comparisons across different test forms and years.

A student's STAR ELA score is reported as 'Far Below Basic.' What performance level comes directly above this?

Answer: Basic

The STAR performance levels from lowest to highest are: Far Below Basic, Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced.

Two students both scored at the 65th percentile on STAR Math in different years. Can we conclude they performed equally?

Answer: No, the norm groups for different years may differ

Percentile ranks are norm-referenced, so a 65th percentile in one year reflects comparison to that year's norm group, which may differ from another year.

What does a student's STAR score report mean when it shows 'NS' (No Score)?

Answer: The student did not meet minimum requirements to generate a valid score

NS indicates the student did not provide enough responses to generate a reliable, valid score for reporting.