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https://renhelpcenter.renaissance.com/hc/en-us

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Welcome to Renaissance Learning's new Help Center, designed to provide you with comprehensive support and solutions for all your needs!

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(web) District Math Assessments for SY 2022-23

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Renaissance Analytics (admins - formerly Schoolzilla)

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Renaissance Analytics (admins - formerly Schoolzilla)

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The best resource for site leaders find comprehensive data by grade level and subgroup.

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Open the Reports section of your Renaissance Growth Platform (RGP) and scroll to the bottom of the page for new reports.

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Phone support: Call toll free (800) 338-4204, M-F 6:30 am - 7:00 pm CST

NEW - Help Center: Follot the link in the box above for all Renaissance products

Live Chat: Link  is in the upper right-hand corner of the Renaissance Platform home page. Available M-F 6:30 am -  7:00 pm CST.

Renaissance Smart Start: Free training. Click the Renaissance-U tile under Learn Best Practices for  quick guides, tutorials, and activities.

Email Support: answers@renaissance.com.

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Families can now sign up to receive STAR Reading results within their student's Renaissance Portal. Learn more here - information for families is in Spanish and English.

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Once you have logged into Renaissance Home Connect, you can set up email updates about your child's work. Depending on the software that your school has and the settings they have chosen, you may be able to get emails when your child takes Star tests or Accelerated Reader quizzes or when your child finishes assignments for Accelerated Reader 360, Accelerated Math Instructional Practice, or Star Custom. Each email will show you the score for the activity that your child completed.

Emails about your child's work will come from autodelivery@renlearnrp.com; make sure this email address is exempted from junk or spam email filters.

Follow the steps below to set up email updates. You may add up to six email addresses per student.

How to Get to the Page

There are two ways to get to the email updates page.

Have your child log in to Renaissance from home. Then, select Get Email Updates on the student Home page.

If your school has given you access to Renaissance Home Connect, go to the address provided, enter the user name and password, and select Log In. Then, select Get Email Updates in the top right corner of the page.

If you have more than one child using the software, you must log in separately with each child's user name and password and set up your email preferences for that child.

The Get Email Updates button is not available if your school's preferences don't allow emails to be sent for any programs.

How to Add a New Email

1. If this is the first email address you're adding, go to step 2.

If you have already entered other email addresses, make sure Add a New Email Notification is selected at the top of the page.

2. On the Email Updates page, enter your name under "New Email Details." Then, enter your email address in the two blanks provided.

3. Under the fields for your name and email address, choose whether to receive email updates in English or Spanish.

4. Under Email Notifications Preferences, check the boxes for the activities that you'd like to receive updates about. The activities that you can check depend on the software that your school has and the emails that the school has chosen to allow. The choices that you make apply to the email address that you are adding.

Star Early Literacy, Star Math, and Star Reading assessments are short tests that provide teachers with learning data. Star tests are computer-adaptive, which means they adjust to each answer your child provides. This helps teachers get the best data to help your child in the shortest amount of testing time (about one-third of the time other tests take). Star tests may be available for early literacy, math, or reading, and they may be available in English or Spanish.

Star Custom gives students brief tests on specific skills.

Accelerated Reader quizzes show how well students understand the books they are reading. Students take quizzes on books they have chosen; they may also take quizzes on stories they've read in their textbook.

In Accelerated Reader 360 Instructional Practice, students read nonfiction articles, answer questions about the articles, and take a quiz. These assignments help teachers understand how students are doing on specific reading skills.

Accelerated Math Instructional Practice assignments help students practice the math skills that they are learning at school.

When you're done, select Submit.

A message will tell you that a verification email has been sent. Click OK in the message.

When you receive the verification email, click Verify Email Address in the email to verify your email address. You will be taken to the Email Verified page to confirm that this has been done.

The next time you go to Renaissance Home Connect, you will see your email address listed in a table at the top of the Email Notifications page. You can repeat these steps to add up to six total email addresses, all of which would be listed in the table. The table shows you which email addresses have been verified; only those addresses will receive emails.

When your child completes one of the activities that you chose, you will receive an email. The example below shows an email about a child's Accelerated Reader quiz:

How to Change the Emails You Receive, Your Name, or Language Preferences

If you want to change which activities that you will receive emails about, on the Email Notifications page, select the circle next to your name.

You can then change your name, language preference, or the activities that you will receive emails for. When you have finished, select Save Changes at the bottom of the page.

How to Unsubscribe from Email Updates

If you no longer want to receive email updates, there are two ways to do this:

Use the Link in an Email

1. When you receive an email update from Renaissance Home Connect, you can select the link for unsubscribing (shown below):

2. The link will open the login page for Renaissance Home Connect. Log in with the student user name and password.

3. To confirm that you want to unsubscribe from emails, select Confirm.

4. When a message tells you that you have been unsubscribed from all email updates, select OK.

Remove the Email from the List on the Email Updates Page

1. Go back to the Email Updates page as described above.

2. In the table, select the circle next to your name.

3. At the bottom of the page, select Delete Notification.

4. To confirm that you want to unsubscribe from emails, select Confirm.

5. When a message tells you that you have been unsubscribed from all email updates, select OK. You will receive an email to confirm that your email address has been removed from the updates list.

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Once you have logged into Renaissance Home Connect, you can set up email updates about your child's work. Depending on the software that your school has and the settings they have chosen, you may be able to get emails when your child takes Star tests or Accelerated Reader quizzes or when your child finishes assignments for Accelerated Reader 360, Accelerated Math Instructional Practice, or Star Custom.

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This video shows how to run reports that can help guide instruction and understand your students' scores.

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Renaissance Place (AR STAR) Accessing Reports in Renaissance Place Walkthrough

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Using STAR Results to inform book choices

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Using STAR Results to inform book choices

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This slide deck is a useful introduction to STAR for new teachers or a refresher for anyone.

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Follow these directions to run a Test Activity Report

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STAR Reading English and Spanish, and STAR Math English and Spanish, have specific time limits for each question. Click below to learn about the time limits for each test and how to set extended time limits for students with IEPs and others who need additional time.

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Although scores are not based on how quickly students answer questions, there is a time limit for answering each test question.

These are the standard and extended time limits:

For both Progress Monitoring and Enterprise tests, all students get 60 seconds to answer practice questions.

Fifteen seconds before the time limit is up for a question, the program will flash a picture of a clock on the screen. When this happens, the student should make his or her best guess as soon as possible. If the student does not enter an answer before time runs out, the question will disappear, and the program will notify the student that time has run out. Then, the next question will appear. Items that time out are counted as incorrect unless the student has already selected the correct answer.

These time limits can be extended using the Extended Question Time Limit Preference. If you extend the time limit, remember that Star Reading norms, as well as other technical data such as reliability and validity, are based on test administration using the standard time limits. When you print reports that include tests taken with the extended time limit, a footnote will appear on the report to remind you that the extended time limit was used.

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Although scores are not based on how quickly students answer questions, there is a time limit for answering each test question. These are the standard and extended time limits: For both Progress Monitoring and Enterprise tests, all students get 60 seconds to answer practice questions.

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Students log into Renaissance using Clever. Renaissance is a tile with a green "R" on it under the Assessment area in Clever. Click the link for step-by-step directions for students.

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Star Reading - grades 9-11
Star Math - grades 9-11
Any site admin can update assignments using the directions above.

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Follow the steps below for assigning products to classes that are missing them. This is necessary when:

Classes are imported.

Your district is using a system or service that integrates information from your school information system with Renaissance.

Classes are added without products being assigned.

Teachers and students cannot use Renaissance products until the products have been assigned to their classes.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

District Level Administrators, District Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff

1. On the Home page, select your name in the upper-right corner. In the drop-down list, select Manage Apps & Users.

2. Select Classes & Courses.

3. If you have access to more than one school, select a school from the drop-down list.

4. If you want to find all classes in the school and their courses, simply select Search. Otherwise, follow these steps to find more specific classes and courses:

1. Use the Search by drop-down list to choose what to search for: a course name, course code, or class name.

2. Enter what you want to search for based on the drop-down selection. You can enter all or part of the class or course name or course code.

3. If you want to focus on classes that don't have any products assigned yet, select the Only show classes not set up toggle to turn the toggle on. Classes not set up include those that are missing products, teachers, and/or students.

4. Select Search.

5. Check the box for each class that needs products assigned or removed. If you have more than 50 results, when you finish checking the boxes in the first set of results, select the right arrow above the table to go to the next set of results; the software will remember all classes you have checked.

6. Once you begin checking boxes, a banner will open at the bottom of the page. The banner shows how many classes you've selected. Select the button that reflects what you want to do: Assign Products or Unassign Products.

7. In the window that opens, if you're assigning products, check the products that you want to assign to the class; then, select Assign Products. Note that for Freckle, you'll see a check box for each subject.

If Lalilo is one of the available products, when you assign it to classes, the classes will be available in Lalilo with their assigned teachers and students. Depending on your setup, it may take from 30 minutes up to 24 hours for classes to be available in Lalilo.

If you are unassigning products, check the products that you want to remove from the classes; then, select Unassign Products.

You'll see a message telling you how many classes are being updated, then a confirmation message when the process is done. You'll also see the changes in the table.

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1. Login to Renaissance
2. Under the profile menu, select "Manage Apps & Users."
3. "Courses and Classes"
4. Search
5. Select your class
6. Student names will be displayed
*Student & teacher accounts and class lists are updated once a day from Clever. New students can take 24-48 hours to receive a Renaissance account.

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How to Find AR Books in your School Library

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How to Find AR Books in your School Library

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Check out the district library webpage for details

http://www.wccusd.net/Page/4316

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Remember - Students should be able to check out books based on interest even if the reading level is not at their level. 

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Remember - Students should be able to check out books based on interest even if the reading level is not at their level. 

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Many teachers allow students to check out one book in their ZPD range and one book of interest.

e.g. Eyewitness books tend to be 6, 7 & 8th grade reading level but are very popular in elementary schools

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Follow these directions to run a STAR Summary Report--this also shows you how to access IRL

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1. Student Logs into Renaissance
2. Select the orange "Accelerated Reader" tiles
3. Search for the book using one of the methods listed
4. Select "Take Quiz" for the book you read
5. Choose "Reading Practice Quiz"
6. Be sure to click "Finish" when all questions have been answered.

(Be careful that you don't select a version of the book that you didn't read since questions are set up for a specific edition)

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Teachers access Renaissance using Clever with no login required. Admin can log in through Clever or directly using the URL - https://global-zone20.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/282313