Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Go Back                 Case Posted on October 19, 2014 12:42 pm Add to Favorites Maria Reps: 106 STAR test assessment question A school recently decided to pilot the STAR test. This is the first time 1st graders were given a computer test that wasn't read to them. It is also only 35 questions and it is timed. Does anyone have any experience with this test or how to prep students for it?                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.                 Solution 1 Posted October 19, 2014 3:39 pm Cheneal Reps: 102 In an effort to prepare students for taking their first computer test, teachers should allow the students the opportunity to learn the basics of what they will need to know, to be able to take the test. This means that the students should be practicing taking quizzes on the computer long before they will have to take the STAR test. The questions on the test should be level appropriate and easy for the students at a first grade level to understand. Votes: +9 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution vabehe Reps: 69 I agree! The more comfortable students are with the computer and not afraid, the better they will do on the STAR test.   Posted on: May 26, 2015 10:06 pm Add a Comment                 Solution 2 Posted October 19, 2014 4:17 pm anuLyH Reps: 175 Give the students weekly assignments on the computer to familiarize them with using a computer. Also, encourage the parents allow the students to work on the computer or laptop if permissible. Votes: +3 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 3 Posted October 20, 2014 2:31 am MeVetu Reps: 81 STAR testing is something my district uses consistently. Like the other suggestions, preparing your students to take the STAR is almost impossible. STAR is designed to set a level for students based on what they already know and do not know. Many of the items on STAR is content students are not yet familiar with. However, there is STAR Reading and STAR Early Literacy. In the Early Literacy portion, the passages are audible. Also, the time can be adjusted by an administrator, usually your Media Specialist has access to that feature. We have to adjust times for our students with IEPs. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 4 Posted October 19, 2014 3:32 pm qaWeBu Reps: 125 I have given the STAR test before. For first graders there is no way to prep students except to teach them how to use the computer. Votes: +0 / -5 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.