STAR: Student Achievement in Reading for Adult Education

STAR is a reading reform initiative that will help you implement evidence based reading instruction in your classroom. STAR training focuses on intermediate level readers, both native and non-native speakers of English. STAR assessments and instructional materials are meant to be incorporated into your existing ABE and ESL classrooms as the teacher or program sees fit. It can be used under EPE, WIOA or ALE funding.

STAR Alphabetics

STAR Alphabetics Assessment

DRA Profile Form
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Graded Word List
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Greene Phonics Inventory Assessment
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STAR Alphabetics Assessment
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Student Word Lists
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TABE 1-12 Grade Range Scale Score Guidance
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TABE Best Practice Guide 13-14
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STAR Alphabetics Instruction

Alphabetics Booster Lesson Plan Flexibility in Words Division
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Key to Individual Phonics Skills Assessed on Level 1 Inventory
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Outline for Advanced Alphabetics Instruction
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Phonemic Awareness Tasks
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Phonetically Irregular Words
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Phonics Scope and Sequence
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Recognizing Large Words
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STAR Alphabetics Instruction
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Teaching High Frequency Syllables
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Word Beginnings
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STAR Comprehension

STAR Comprehension Assessment

Comprehension Scoring Chart
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DRA Profile Form
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Graded Passage Examiner Copy Set
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Helpful Hints for DRA
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Sample Graded Passages Set
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STAR Comprehension Assessment
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Student Passages Set
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STAR Comprehension Instruction

5Ws and an H Script
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As Time Flies By
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Compare Contrast Script
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Different Forms of Water
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Graphic Organization – Text Structure
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Reflect and Evaluate Graphic Organizer
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Sources for Comprehension Materials
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STAR Comprehension Instruction
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STAR Fluency

STAR Fluency Assessment

DRA Profile Form
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Fluency Allowable Errors Chart
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Graded Reading Passages List
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Reader’s Passages
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Scoring Guidelines
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STAR Fluency Assessment
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STAR Fluency Instruction

Collaborative Oral Reading
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Echo Reading
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Fluency Feedback Sheet
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Graded Passages for Fluency Instruction
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Marked Phrase Boundaries
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Phrase-Cued Text Lessons
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Repeated Reading
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STAR Fluency Instruction
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STAR Vocabulary

STAR Vocabulary Assessment

DRA Profile Form
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How to Give the Word Meaning Test (WMT)
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STAR Vocabulary Assessment
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Word Meaning Test (WMT)
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Word Meaning Test (WMT) Acceptable Responses
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STAR Vocabulary Instruction

An Introduction to the Academic Word List
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Fill in the Blank
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Read and Respond
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Sentence Completions
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STAR Vocabulary Instruction
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Tier 2 or Tier 3
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Vocabulary Instruction Jigsaw Activity
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Vocabulary Knowledge Rating Scale
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Vocabulary Lesson Plan Template
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Vocabulary Quadrant Chart
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Who Needs To Know This Word
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Yes/No/Why
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