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Guide your Spanish-speaking English Learner, dual-language, and immersion students to greater growth with bilingual assessments for early literacy, reading, and math in both English and Spanish. Appropriate for in-person, remote, and hybrid teaching.
Know what your emergent bilinguals are ready to learn
Whether your students are enrolled in dual language or English-only classrooms, Star Assessments in English and Spanish helps educators move from assessment to targeted instruction in ways that best support emergent bilingual students’ learning and growth.
The importance of assessing in both languages
Imagine you have a new student, a Spanish-speaking English Learner. If you only test him in English, you won’t necessarily get a complete picture of the skills he has developed in his native language.
Now imagine that you also assess the student in Spanish. This will provide you with insight into what he knows and can do in both languages, so you can provide instruction and support to help him reach his full potential.
Understand the needs of your English Learners
Three Star Assessments are available in both English and Spanish: Star Early Literacy for grades pre-K–3, Star Reading for grades K–12, and Star Math for grades K–12. With Star Assessments, you can get a consistent measure of achievement and growth, in English and in Spanish, across all grades!
Star Assessments support an asset-based approach to learning, focused on what students know and can do in Spanish and English—and how you can build on this to support bilingualism and biliteracy. Get the details in our recent blog post.
Is there really a “critical period” for learning a second language? Is English immersion more or less effective than dual-language instruction? Get the answers as we explore 6 common myths about bilingual learners.
Which skills are your students ready to learn in Spanish? The Progresión de la lectura de Renaissance describes the learning progression development process, including how it is authentic to the pedagogy for Spanish Reading. It also represents the set of skills a student needs to achieve reading success.
Star CBM Lectura for grades K–6. Assessments that truly reflect students’ literacy development in Spanish
Please note: Star Early Literacy and Star Reading assessments in Spanish assess authentic Spanish literacy skills. English language skills that do not exist in Spanish are not included. Star Math assessments in English and Spanish assess the same skills.
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Star Assessments give teachers a fast, clear picture of students’ abilities in both languages… We’re also able to identify problems early in the process, without requiring a lot of one-on-one teacher time for testing.
Anna Thomas • Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Accountability, OSD
Focus Skills are the building blocks of student learning. Based on extensive research on how learning progresses in reading and math, the Focus Skills provide a roadmap to lead each student to greater mastery.
Recorded webinar
Presenters: Doris Chavez-Linville and Carol Johnson
Students in bilingual and dual-language programs graduate from high school headed to the career or college of their dreams. One of the main reasons for this success is the development of biliteracy. This session explores the ways in which Renaissance supports biliteracy in bilingual and dual-language programs.
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FAQs about bilingual assessment
The assessment can be administered online or in a paper-and-pencil format, depending on the preferences of the institution or organization conducting the test.
Star Spanish evaluates various language skills, including reading comprehension, listening comprehension, oral proficiency, and writing proficiency in Spanish.
Star Spanish assessment stands out due to its computer-adaptive nature, which means that the difficulty level of the questions adjusts based on the student’s responses, providing a personalized assessment experience.
Yes, Star Spanish can be administered online, allowing students to take the test using computers or other compatible devices.
The assessment is available for students in grades 1 to 12, covering a wide range of age groups.
A Renaissance representative can provide you with a more detailed understanding of Star Spanish and other Renaissance student assessment tools