STAR Reading lets you determine the appropriate level of challenge for each child, and identify those who need individual help. The in-context vocabulary questions and authentic text passages give you a precise measure of each student's reading performance. Validated with a nationally representative sample of more than 60,000 student tests, scores correlate with results on popular standardized tests.

Star testing is done at the beginning of each school year to let teachers know what level each student is reading on. Then after the Christmas Holidays students are tested again. This show childs progress or need of help.