How does Freckle integrate with Star Assessments when rostered through Renaissance?

Overview

Customers who use Freckle for practice and Star for assessment can get more value out of both products with our Star + Freckle Math and Star + Freckle Reading integrations. The Star Math integration allows students' Star Math and Star Math Spanish scores to inform their domain placements in Freckle. The Star Reading integration does the same for students' reading levels (English only). 

Effects of Star Integration

1. Students take Star Assessments in Renaissance.
2. Star scores for your licensed subjects will sync within 24 hours after the student clicks on the Freckle tile from Renaissance.
3. Once Star scores are synced with Freckle, teachers can look at their ELA and Math Levels reports to see where students were placed (note that when the integration is turned on, Star scores in Math will sync into Freckle):

• Note that when the integration is turned on, scores in Star Math, Star Math Spanish, and/or Star Reading will sync into Freckle, depending on which subjects you have purchased.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How do Star Math and Star Math Spanish place students into Freckle domains?
  Freckle divides math skills into skill areas called domains (e.g., "Geometry"). The skills in each domain are ordered along a progression. However, Star puts all math skills in a "teachable order" from easiest to hardest, regardless of what domain they belong to:
  
  
  The Star Assessment gives students one "Scaled Score" that we map to placements in Freckle math domains. If students have never practiced in Freckle, Star Math and Star Math Spanish sets students' levels in all Freckle math domains, allowing new students to bypass all Freckle pretests.
• What if students have already practiced in Freckle? Do Star Math and Star Math Spanish still update students' domain placements?
  If students have practiced in Freckle already, the Star sync will only update students' domain levels if the student has not practiced in that domain within the last 90 days. In this way, we trust Star to set students' initial levels and then trust Freckle practice to adapt from there.
• How does Star Reading placement work?
  
  1. The student's Star Reading score is converted to a Freckle reading level, allowing students to bypass the Freckle reading pretest.
  2. The Star Reading score is also used as a starting point for ELA Skills Practice domains that students have not practiced yet, but does not update ELA Skills Practice domains that students have practiced.
  3. Word Study levels are not affected by Star Reading.

  If a student’s Star Reading score is 900 or lower, we recommend transitioning them to Lalilo, as a score in that range indicates the student has not yet mastered the foundational skills of learning to read.

• Will Star Math, Star Math Spanish, or Star Reading placements erase student growth data?
  No, a student's Star placements do not erase past growth data.
• What happens if the students have taken multiple Star tests?
  If students have taken multiple Star tests before the sync, the integration will use the most recent score to set/adjust student levels. Scores that are more than 90 days old are ignored.
• Do we sync with the Spanish versions of any of the Star products, Star Early Literacy, or Star Maths (the UK version of Star Math)?
  At this time, we do sync with Star Math Spanish and Star Maths; we do not sync with Star Early Literacy.  
• What visibility do teachers have into the status of their integration?
  Administrators are emailed when the integration for their first school is turned on, and are encouraged to forward this email to their teachers. Once the integration is turned on for a teacher's course, the teacher can see all Star assessment scores currently synced using their Activity Feed. Teachers can see when student levels were set by Star on the Math and ELA Levels Reports.
• Can teachers or administrators turn the Star integration off?
  If you would like to turn off your integration, please contact your customer representative.
• Can teachers still override student levels that come from Star?
  Yes, teachers are still able to manually update their students' reading or math levels from the Math and ELA Levels Reports.