Teacher User Guide

Getting Started Instructions

• Getting Started (for Teachers)
• Using CARS & STARS Online in Your Classroom
• CARS & STARS Strategies and Correlations to the Australian National Curriculum
• Active Classroom
• Switching to Student Views
• Student Login & Access Cards

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Dashboard

• Teacher Dashboard
• Live Search for Students
• Student Quickview

Settings

• My Account (For Teachers)
• Lesson View Mode
• Read Aloud
• Lesson Guide Tour

Student Management

• View Student List
• Student Profile (Manage/Delete Reading Level)
• Transfer Students

Placement Test and Reading Level Management

• Assign either the Reading Level or Placement Test (CARS & STARS Series)
• Reset the Placement Test (CARS & STARS Series)
• Reset the Reading Level (CARS & STARS Series)
• Lock Settings
• STARS Review & Final Review Charts
• CARS Assessments - Text Types

Placement Tests

• Student Placement Test Evaluation Procedure
• View Placement Test Results
• How to Read Placement Test Results

CARS & STARS Teaching Guide

• Explicit Teaching
• Provide Differentiated Instruction
• STARS Suggested Pacing Chart
• CARS Answer Keys

FOCUS Reading Management

• Watch the FOCUS Reading Overview Video
• Assign FOCUS Reading Level
• Reset the FOCUS Reading Level
• FOCUS Reading Lock Settings

FOCUS Reading Teaching Guides

• How to Use FOCUS Reading in the Classroom
• FOCUS Reading Suggested Pacing Chart
• FOCUS Reading Answer Keys

Group Report Management

• CARS Class Reports
• STARS Class Reports
• FOCUS Reading Class Reports
• CARS Student Reports
• STARS Student Reports
• FOCUS Reading Student Reports

Manual Scoring Management

• View Reading Level Listing (Assign/Reset Reading Level)
• Enter CARS Assessment Data (For Virtual Student Accounts Only)