Parent User Guide

Getting Started Instructions

• Getting Started (For Parents)
• Parent Training and Learning Video - Program Walkthrough (For Homes)
• Child Login & Access Cards
• CARS & STARS Strategies and Correlations to the Australian Curriculum 9.0
• Evidence based - High performing primary schools: What do they have in common?
• Reset the Reading Level (For Parents)

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Dashboard

• Parent Dashboard
• Children Quickview

Children

• Add New Child Account
• Optional: Link your Child's Student Account or Child Account
• View Added Accounts
• View Linked Accounts
• Renew Child Subscriptions
• Child Profile (For Added and Linked Accounts)

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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)
• Disable the Reset function found in the Child STARS Lessons
• STARS Review & Final Review Charts
• CARS Assessments - Text Types

Placement Tests

• Child Placement Test Evaluation Procedure
• Placement Test Settings (For Parents)
• View Placement Test Results

CARS & STARS Teaching Guides

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

FOCUS Reading Management

• Watch the FOCUS Reading Overview Video
• Assign FOCUS Reading Level
• Reset the FOCUS Reading Level
• Disable the FOCUS Reading Lesson Reset function

FOCUS Reading Teaching Guides

• How to Use FOCUS Reading
• FOCUS Reading Suggested Pacing Chart
• FOCUS Reading Answer Keys

Report Management

• Performance Indicator Metrics
• Child CARS Reports
• Child STARS Reports
• Child FOCUS Reading Reports

Settings

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