Student STAR Awards:
The Motivation Factor
Available for High Schools in 2008
Many students do not take the STAR test
seriously, particularly at the high school level. By then
they have learned that nothing particularly bad happens to
them if they do not perform at a stellar level.
Teachers have found it effective simply to point out a past
score to a student and say “Hey Tony, what happened?”
Contact with students over their scores is critical, but it
is also time-consuming.
This student data report is designed to reduce
administrator and teacher time in motivating students on
the STAR. Using your STAR data file, we calculate award
designations for students based on their STAR performance.
Click here to download a sample Student
Motivation Graph Package.
The sample is in PDF format and
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software or another PDF viewer on your computer.
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Features
- Students receive award designations. Some schools award students based on these reward designations (e.g. a number of raffle tickets based on the award designation or parties based on performance). It is up to the administration to determine whether these "awards" will have any more than psychological value.
- Students can quickly see their own STAR performance.
- Student STAR performance is listed and displayed graphically.
- The graphical display of the STAR performance shows students how close they are to the next award designation.
- Each report displays the number of awards districtwide (or schoolwide, if the order is for one school).
- The report can be linked to your roster and distributed easily in class.
- The report can include home mailing addresses and be mailed home to parents.
With the home mailing option, this STAR Award Report can be an important new tool to communicate with parents about their child's progress. It is a simple, easy-to-understand report. The report is available in English and Spanish.
Elementary and Middle Schools
These reports are in development. If you would like to order them, contact us to determine if we can meet your deadline.
Private Label Options
For County Offices of Education or evaluation consulting firms wishing to offer this service to their clients, this report is available as a private label product with your information in the report footer.
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