I mentioned several times on here that my daughter's STAR scores dropped substantially and I thought this follow up might be relevant for someone.
My 9 year scored at around an 8.9 on the STAR reading test in August, which was lower than at the beginning of the previous school year. We speculated about why (possibly missing an easy question, etc.) and the school lowered her assignments accordingly despite my concern that her reading level couldn't have dropped that far.
So they had their regular STAR test to monitor progress today and apparently her score was "way higher" (as the teacher put it) than the 12.3 grade level equivalent from last April. So her assignments are drastically changing effective tomorrow.
Somehow, this does not improve my confidence in the testing and assessment process! It looks like the test is usually fairly consistent in repeated testing, but this sort of thing is frustrating - especially when the kids are told the results and get concerned.
