We need to show mapping for Star Reading to our RethinkEd Platform.
We need to determine Tier Level designations.
Academic Assessment Data:
SR.csv (reading assessment scores for students in middle elementary grades and up)
See: Renaissance for more information about Tiering and students whose scores are in close proximity to a different tier Level.
For each season (as defined by the column ScreeningPeriodWindowName), tiering will be based on the most recent value of the PercentileRank column for each student, where most recent is determined by the CompletedDateLocal column and each student is identified StudentUserID column. Note that in current designs (week of 06/19/23), information on tiering is provided for each season, so tiers should be shown separately by season. We specify to look at the most recent date in case a student completed the assessment twice in the same season.
Here is the mapping for students for default tiers (see note below about when users change the default):
Using the most recent date (as per the CompletedDateLocal column) within each student (as identified by the value in the StudentUserID column) and each value of ScreeningPeriodWindowName (so that students have a tier for each value of ScreeningPeriodWindowName):
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We need to show mapping for Star Reading to our RethinkEd Platform.
We need to determine Tier Level designations.
Academic Assessment Data:
SR.csv (reading assessment scores for students in middle elementary grades and up)
See: Renaissance for more information about Tiering and students whose scores are in close proximity to a different tier Level.
Tara has created a spreadsheet (named “tier_mappings_for_academic_asessments” + date/time stamp) to show default tiers and at-risk/approaching indicators for academic assessments across all different assessment makers (iReady, Renaissance, NWEA MAP, etc.). She has written code that will help update the spreadsheet as we integrate new academic assessments. The idea is for DEV to use this spreadsheet as the source of truth for tier recommendations, at-risk, and approaching indicators for academic assessments.
Important note: DEV will always use the .csv file with the most recent date/time stamp in its name from the following SharePoint folder: MTSS Academic Assessment Mapping. For this assessment, the specs below also spell out how default tiers will work, but all of this same information is also in the most recent .csv file.
For each season (as defined by the column ScreeningPeriodWindowName), tiering will be based on the most recent value of the PercentileRank column for each student, where most recent is determined by the CompletedDateLocal column and each student is identified StudentUserID column. Note that in current designs (week of 06/19/23), information on tiering is provided for each season, so tiers should be shown separately by season. We specify to look at the most recent date in case a student completed the assessment twice in the same season. Important note: Designs for the week of 07/17/2023 combine English Language Arts results across Star Reading and Star Early Literacy. Some students will have separate results in the same season for both tests. If that happens, use the most recent assessment results to map to a tier, regardless of whether those results are from Star Early Literacy or Star Reading (see Star Early Literacy (SEL) | Renaissance | Assessment Integration ).
Here is the mapping for students for default tiers (see note below about when users change the default):
Using the most recent date (as per the CompletedDateLocal column) within each student (as identified by the value in the StudentUserID column) and each value of ScreeningPeriodWindowName (so that students have a tier for each value of ScreeningPeriodWindowName):
PercentileRank < 10 = tier 3
For the case when PercentileRank >= 8 & PercentileRank < 10 the student will be assigned to tier 3 with an approaching indicator (such as an up arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 2
PercentileRank >= 10 & PercentileRank < 25 = tier 2
For the case when PercentileRank >= 10 & PercentileRank < 12 the student will be assigned to tier 2 with an at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 3
For the case when PercentileRank >= 23 & PercentileRank < 25 the student will be assigned to tier 2 with an approaching indicator (such as an up arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 1
PercentileRank >= 25 = tier 1
For the case when PercentileRank >= 8 25 & PercentileRank < 10 the student will be assigned to tier 3 with an 27 the student will be assigned to tier 1 with an at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 2
Important note: When a user changes from the default mapping for tiers, the at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) will apply when the student has the minimum PercentileRank or the minimum PercentileRank +1 for tier 1 or tier 2. The approaching indicator (such as an up arrow)
showing that they are close to moving to tier 2PercentileRank >= 10 & PercentileRank < 25 = tier 2
For the case when PercentileRank >= 10 & PercentileRank < 12 the student will be assigned to tier 2 with an at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 3
For the case when PercentileRank >= 23 & PercentileRank < 25 the student will be assigned to tier 2 with an approaching indicator (such as an up arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 1
PercentileRank >= 25 = tier 1
For the case when PercentileRank >= 25 & PercentileRank < 27 the student will be assigned to tier 1 with an at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) showing that they are close to moving to tier 2
Important note: When a user changes from the default mapping for tiers, the at risk indicator (such as a down arrow) will apply when the student has the minimum PercentileRank or the minimum PercentileRank +1 for tier 1 or tier 2. The approaching indicator (such as an up arrow) will apply when the student has the maximum PercentileRank or the maximum PercentileRank -1 for tier 2 or tier 3.
MTSS Dashboard where fields are present: Admin, Classroom, Student
Design:
Star Reading Fields
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Renaissance Field
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Rethink Field
Mapping Points
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Logic for Rethink Set Up
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ScaledScore
Scaled Score
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will apply when the student has the maximum PercentileRank or the maximum PercentileRank -1 for tier 2 or tier 3.
MTSS Dashboard where fields are present: Admin, Classroom, Student
Design:
Star Reading Fields
Renaissance Field | Rethink Field Mapping Points | Logic for Rethink Set Up |
ScaledScore | Scaled Score
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Renaissance Field Information:
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CurrentGrade Grade |
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Renaissance Field Information: CurrentGrade
Grade
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GradeEquivalent | Grade Equivalent
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Renaissance Field Information: |
Scaled Score of student’s Star Reading test (0-
1400); this is the Enterprise Scale.
Integer
CurrentGrade
Grade
Users see The Star ELA Tab when a student has taken the Star ELA test in the year selected.
User CurrentGrade to place student in the correct grade level.
Grade can be a back up used for problem solving to identify which grade level assessment was taken.
Although Star Reading is given to grades 3 and above, some districts may instead give an older student the Star Early Literacy test because the student’s skills are at that level. Expect some outliers.
Given a student has taken the Star Reading, then we will show the Star ELA Tab.
Renaissance Field Information:
CurrentGrade
Student’s grade enrollment in Renaissance at the
time the extract was run.
Varchar(50)
Grade
Grade level of the assessment taken (this may be
adjusted in Renaissance).
Varchar(20)
GradeEquivalent
Grade Equivalent
Grade Equivalent is seen by user as a heading and beneath it is a grade equivalency for the student.
Used in Student View as part of graphs and charts. (See image: Grade Equivalent)
Grade equivalency is provided for each season of the test and is part of data collection specific to the seasons.
See below for: ScreeningPeriodWindowName, ScreeningWindowStartDate, ScreeningWindowEndDate
Renaissance Field Information:
Grade Equivalent (GE) value. Grade Equivalent
scores range from 0.0 to 12.9+. They represent
how a student’s test performance compares with
that of other students nationally. A GE score
preceded by a “greater than” sign (>) is a capped
score. GE scores in excess of three grade levels
above the student’s actual grade are capped,
meaning that such GE scores are shown as “>
[student’s actual grade level + 3].” This prevents
the misinterpretation that students with
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Field Description
excessively high GE scores are capable of work
at those higher grades.
Text
PercentileRank
Percentile Rank
Percentile is seen by user as a heading and the student’s percentile is shown beneath it in the Student View
Used in several areas including: Student View, Classroom View, Account Settings
Percentile Rank (PR) is used to determine the benchmarks categories for Renaissance (At / Above = PR 40, On Watch=PR 25-39, Intervention=PR 10-24, Urgent Intervention=PR below 10) so we are stuck with them for the corresponding text equivalent.
We allow users to adjust the Tier levels based on these benchmarks (See image: Settings).
Renaissance Field Information:
Percentile rank (PR) value. Norm-referenced
score provides a measure of student’s reading
ability compared to other students in the same
grade nationally; it indicates the percentage of the
students nationally who obtained scores equal to
or lower than the score of the student. Scores
range from 1 to 99.
Integer
ExtraTime
Shown on Student View
Extra time is a heading with either of the following responses given:
Yes
No
Renaissance Field Information
“Yes” if the student was given extra time to complete the test.
varchar(3)
Empty State
Given the value is null or left empty, then we will not show the heading nor the value beneath it on the Student View.
ScreeningWindowStartDate
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PercentileRank | Percentile Rank
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Renaissance Field Information: |
ExtraTime |
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Renaissance Field Information
Empty State
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ScreeningWindowStartDate |
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Renaissance Field Information
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ScreeningWindowEndDate |
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Renaissance Field Information |
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ScreeningWindowEndDate
Screening window end date is not shown to the user but is used to determine what information is contained within each of the seasons.
Used to determine the end date for each of the tests: Fall, Winter and Spring.
ScreeningPeriodWindowName
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Renaissance Field Information: |
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window
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ScreeningPeriodWindowName
This shows as Fall, Winter, Spring in the designs
We will be combining Star Early Literacy with Star Literacy to show the tier levels in the graph.
We need to name each of the seasons for ELA:
ELA Fall
ELA Winter
ELA Spring
Test needs to be given within the testing window in order to count. Field to determine this are: ScreeningWindowStartDate and ScreeningWindowEndDate
SchoolYear |
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Renaissance Field Information |
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school’s set screening windows (blank if outside
of screening windows).
This will only be populated as long as the school
the assessment is linked to is tied to a screening
window on the site and the assessment taken falls
within that window.
Varchar(255)
SchoolYear
Shown in upper right corner in many areas.
Shown in Admin Reports, Classroom and Student Views.
We default to the current school year.
Given there is data for multiple school years, we will list the school years in order of the most recent to the least recent in the drop down field.
Renaissance Field Information
Name
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SchoolYearStartDate |
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Renaissance Field Information
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Varchar(max
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SchoolYearEndDate
Not part of the design
SchoolYearEndDate |
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This doesn’t show for the user but is used to identify the start of the school year: maybe useful for calculations for Attendance, Incidents--perhaps connect to Powerschool section.
Renaissance Field Information
First day of the school year in Renaissance.
Datetime
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentStateID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentFirstName |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentMiddleName (maybe) |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentLastName |
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Renaissance Field Information
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DistrictSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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DistrictStateID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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DistrictName |
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Renaissance Field Information
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SchoolName |
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Renaissance Field Information
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RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryName | Category Rating
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Renaissance Field Information
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GroupOrClassName (We are having trouble finding a field that will match with the Classroom and ensuring that the students are in the proper classroom. GroupOrClassName is the closest we can get. We will most likely need to write something that combines multiple items to ensure that we can map effectively. ) |
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Renaissance Field Information
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CompletedDateLocal (Maybe) |
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Renaissance Field Information
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CompletedDate (maybe) |
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Renaissance Field Information
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CourseSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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ClassSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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TeacherSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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LaunchDate |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentIdentifier |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentUserID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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StudentEmail |
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Renaissance Field Information
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Gender BirthDate MultiRace HispanicOrLatino AmericanIndianOrAlaskaNative Asian BlackOrAfericanAmerican NativeHawaiianOrOtherPacificIslander White |
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EnrollmentStatus |
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Renaissance Field Information
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DistrictRenaissanceID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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DistrictSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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SchoolSourcedID |
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Renaissance Field Information
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CourseCode CourseName |
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Renaissance Field Information CourseCode
CourseName
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TeacherEmail TeacherFirstName TeacherLastName |
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Renaissance Field Information TeacherEmail
TeacherFirstName
TeacherLastName
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RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryLevel RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryMinPercentileRank RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryMaxPercentileRank |
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See also: RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryName Renaissance Field Information RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryLevel
RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryMinPercentileRank
RenaissanceBenchmarkCategoryMaxPercentileRank
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DistrictBenchmarkCategoryName DistrictBenchmarkProficient DistrictBenchmarkCategoryLevel DistrictBenchmarkNumberOfCategoryLevels DistrictBenchmarkMinPercentileRank DistrictBenchmarkMaxPercentileRank |
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Renaissance Field Information DistrictBenchmarkCategoryName
DistrictBenchmarkProficient
DistrictBenchmarkCategoryLevel
DistrictBenchmarkNumberOfCategoryLevels
DistrictBenchmarkMinPercentileRank
DistrictBenchmarkMaxPercentileRank
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SchoolBenchmarkCategoryName SchoolBenchmarkProficient SchoolBenchmarkCategoryLevel SchoolBenchmarkNumberOfCategoryLevels SchoolBenchmarkMinPercentileRank SchoolBenchmarkMaxPercentileRank |
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Renaissance Field Information SchoolBenchmarkCategoryName
SchoolBenchmarkProficient
SchoolBenchmarkCategoryLevel
SchoolBenchmarkNumberOfCategoryLevels
SchoolBenchmarkMinPercentileRank
SchoolBenchmarkMaxPercentileRank
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