Create STAAR Reports

You can specify criteria and run State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) reports on the Create a Report page.

● Your role and location. You can create and view reports only for your own location level and those below you.

● Prerequisite administration of Iowa Assessments. Iowa Complete or Core batteries for grades/levels 3/9 to 8/14 must have been administered to students, entered in the database, and marked as completed. Iowa Survey tests cannot be used for STAAR reporting, nor can off-level testing.

● The options you select as you move down the list of criteria. As you select options, subsequent fields with dependencies on those options may change. (A selection of Grade 5 / Level 11, for example, will add Science to the option of CONTENT SCOPE.) When this happens, the page reloads to display new or adjusted fields.

To create a STAAR report:

1. Open the Create a Report tab in the Reports Center by doing one of the following:

– If you are a Teacher, Administrator, or above, click the Reports menu at the top of the page at any point after signing in. Select Classic if provided a drop-down option.

Note: If your institution has purchased IowaFlex or CogAT, you will also see the option to select a Dashboard. For instructions, see the related introduction and help section.

Reports Center: Create a Report tab

– For individuals with Teacher roles and above, you can also open the Create a Report tab from the Test Events Overview page by clicking See reports in the Complete Tasks box.

– For reports-only access users, using a web Reporting Key,create your account or sign in to your existing account and enter the Reporting Key. If you have access to multiple locations, enter each new Reporting Key once. Subsequently, you can select the location from a Select Report Criteria for drop-down list at the top of the Create a Report tab.

2. In the ASSESSMENT list, select the test your students took. If there is more than one option, select the one for which you want to run a report.

3. From the TEST ADMIN DATE list, select your test event. Test events are indicated by their date and name. They are sorted by date, most recent first.

4. In the REPORT TYPE list, select one of the two available STAAR reports at the top:

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) Prediction Summary report shows a four-level performance-band prediction for Texas students grades 3 - 8 who have tested on-level using the Iowa Assessments. Students' predicted scores are aggregated and reported for up to three content areas: Reading, Mathematics, and Science.

The header of each page provides the report scope and test information, including some or all of the following: assessment, form, test date, norms, grade, level, location, and the total number of students tested.

The body of the report displays pie charts of the four performance levels associated with STAAR: Masters Grade Level, Meets Grade Level, Approaches Grade Level, or Did Not Meet Grade Level. The legend includes the number and percent of students who scored in the performance category.

To view the specific students included in a performance level, click the number or percent value in the legend. A roster report opens for the students in that level. From there, you can click individual student names to view detailed information and scores.

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) Student Roster report displays individual student scores for Texas students grades 3 - 8 who have tested on-level using the Iowa Assessments. Scores on the STAAR Student Roster report can include core reading and/or math scores for all eligible grades/levels and science for grades 5 and 8. You can run the report from the Create Report page or access it through the Prediction Summary report.

Within the report, the first column of each row contains entries for the following: student's name, ID number, secondary student ID (if applicable), birth date, age, program, level, form, administration mode, gender, and administrator code (if applicable). The remaining columns in the row provide each student's scores for the Iowa batteries administered.

Note: Student Rosters display a maximum of 25 students per page.

You can click a student's name within the report to open the profile for that student.

To see a further breakdown of scores by reading or math categories, click the Reading or Mathematics link in the score column.

The report criteria below the REPORT TYPE field are updated with relevant fields and default values. For example, the GRADE/LEVEL field provides selections from any test administration for students grades 3 - 8 who have completed testing at the standard level using Iowa Assessments.

a. Click the Save Criteria button in the lower left corner of the page . A Save Criteria box opens. The report name defaults to the Report Type you selected.

b. Type in the CRITERIA NAME box to change or add to the name of the saved criteria. To add a description, use the SUMMARY box

Note: The CRITERIA NAME can be a maximum of 80 characters. The SUMMARY can be a maximum of 255 characters.

c. Click Save.

○ If the report name does not already exist, a confirmation message appears at the top of the page. Continue to step d.

○ If the report name does already exist, a Report Name Exists box appears.

Do one of the following:

○ To change the selection criteria that were saved under this report name with the updated selected criteria, click Yes. A confirmation dialog box appears. Continue to step d.

○ To retain the selection criteria that were saved under this report name and save the updated selection criteria under a new report name, click No. A Save Report Criteria dialog box opens with an empty Report Name box. Return to step b.

d. Click OK. The saved selection criteria is available on the Load/Manage Criteria page. For more information, see Loading and Managing Saved Criteria .

To do the following...

Follow these instructions...

Run the report immediately as you wait.

a. Click Run Report. A progress bar appears. When the report has finished running, it appears on a report page.

b. See View Reports for information about the report page.

Note: The Run Report option is not available for Data Export or Scoring Service Print Style reports. These report types must be submitted to run in the background.

Submit the report to run in the background.

a. Click Run in Background. A Specify a Report Name dialog box opens. The report name defaults to the Report Type.

b. (Optional) Change or add to the Report Name.

Note: Do not use the following characters in the Report Name: semicolon (;), colon (:), asterisk (*), question mark (?), slash (/), backslash (\), pipe (|), angle brackets (< >), or quotation marks (“).

c. Click OK. A confirmation box informs you that the job has been submitted successfully.

d. Click OK. The report is submitted. When it is finished running, you can open it in the Report Center .

e. See Using the Report Center for information about retrieving reports.

Note: Completed jobs are available in Report Center for five days after they have finished running.

Field	Selections	Description
GRADE/LEVEL	Select one: ● Grade 3 / Level 9 ● Grade 4 / Level 10 ● Grade 5 / Level 11 ● Grade 6 / Level 12 ● Grade 7 / Level 13 ● Grade 8 / Level 14	Grades must correspond to levels, as listed here, and must have been taken as Complete or Core batteries. Off-level test administrations do not appear as options for STAAR reports. Only those grades and levels that were tested appear here for selection.
SCORE(S) Student Roster report only	Select 1 - 3 of the following: ● National Percentile Rank ● Predicted STAAR Scale Score ● Predicted STAAR Performance Level	For more information on STAAR scores, see STAAR Score Descriptions. See SCORE FILTERS below for instructions on how to restrict results by score or score range.
Students Coded in Office Use	● Included ● Excluded	Refers to the "Office Use Only" section of a student answer document. Identifies students whose test scores should be included or excluded from group averages.
CONTENT SCOPE	1 or more of the following: ● Reading ● Mathematics ● Science	Select one or more to view targeted skills on the report. Science is only available for grades 5 and 8.
REGION/SYSTEM/DISTRICT/ BUILDING/CLASS	● All (default) ● Specific location	Determines the population scope of your report. The field name depends on your setup and permissions (for example, BUILDING if you are a Building or School Administrator). If you select a specific location, a new sublevel field opens below. This continues for all available locations (down to the level of CLASS).
POPULATION FILTERS	4 categories, 1 selection allowed for each. - Gender - Federal Race Ethnicity - Programs - Administrator Codes	Narrows results by gender, ethnicity, program (such as IEP or Gifted), and/or administrative code.
SCORE FILTERS Student Roster report only	Instructions	Narrows results based on item or percentile scores.