From your > experience (all of you), what would you say about the reliability and > validity of the STAR? I have found STAR to be as accurate as any other assessment. Here's a funny incident I had with a parent and STAR. I had a student (read that Trouble-Maker) who's mother came in to school to sit with him one day. While in the computer lab he was to take the STAR quiz. I explained to them what the quiz was all about and stressed that he was to do this on his own. Of course, she didn't follow the rules and tried to "sneak" him the answers. I just let it go because I knew what would happen. He scored in the grade 6 level (he is truly a low 2 in third grade). I showed the parent what books he would be reading with this score that he achieved. Her eyes bugged out because she knew he would never be able to read those books. I tried kindly to explain how her "help" actually "hurt" her son. He took the quiz again and scored just where I thought he would. I always have to chuckle when I think of her helping her son. Lori/Utah/3rd grade
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