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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 Maths. The Star Maths integration allows pupils' Star Maths scores to inform their domain placements in Freckle. 

If your Freckle site is rostered through Renaissance, the integration of Star tests and Freckle is automatically enabled.

Students who are in classes where Freckle and Star have been integrated will still be prompted to take a maths pre-test in Freckle if they have not completed a Star Maths test yet.

Effects of Star Integration

  1. Students take Star Assessments in Renaissance.
  2. Star scores will sync within 24 hours after the pupil clicks on the Freckle tile from Renaissance.
  3. Once Star scores are synced with Freckle, teachers can look at their Maths Levels reports to see where pupils were placed (note that when the integration is turned on, Star scores in Maths will sync into Freckle):
    One pupil's starting level; a note indicates the level was set by Star.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How does Star Maths place pupils into Freckle domains?
    Freckle divides maths skills into skill areas called domains (e.g., "Geometry"). The skills in each domain are ordered along a progression. However, Star puts all maths skills in a "teachable order" from easiest to hardest, regardless of what domain they belong to:
    A diagram comparing Freckle's multiple skill progressions to Star's single learning progression. For Freckle, there are three separate progressions for three different domain skills. For Star, there is one progression that moves from one domain skill to the next in teachable order.
    The Star Assessment gives pupils one "Scaled Score" that we map to placements in Freckle maths domains. If pupils have never practised in Freckle, Star Maths sets pupils' levels in all Freckle maths domains, allowing new pupils to bypass all Freckle baselines.
  • What if pupils have already practised in Freckle? Does Star Maths still update pupils' domain placements?
    If pupils have practised in Freckle already, the Star sync will only update pupils' domain levels if the pupil has not practised in that domain within the last 90 days. In this way, we trust Star to set pupils' initial levels and then trust Freckle practice to adapt from there.
  • Will Star Maths placements delete pupil growth data?
    No, a pupil's Star placements do not delete past growth data. 
  • What happens if the pupils have taken multiple Star tests?
    If pupils have taken multiple Star tests before the sync, the integration will use the most recent score to set/adjust pupil levels. Scores that are more than 90 days old are ignored.
  • 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 pupil levels were set by Star on the Maths 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 pupil levels that come from Star?
    Yes, teachers are still able to manually update their pupils' maths levels from the Maths Levels Report.

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