Student Assessment Repository (STAR)

‘Our school has promoted the STAR self-learning platform launched by Hong Kong Education City for Chinese and Mathematics since 2017. The STAR platform provides a huge database, which allows teachers to choose appropriate questions for formative assessment according to the level and needs of their students. Furthermore, teachers can know the strengths and weaknesses of their students according to the reports, so as to make appropriate follow-ups, which greatly
improves teaching efficiency.

At present, teachers in our school are very familiar with the use of the STAR platform, which can be used for a wide range of purposes, including daily online homework, formative assessment, follow-up practice, etc. We hoped that the STAR can continue to be optimised and promoted to benefit more schools.’

‘Under COVID-19, in order to ensure that students’ learning progress is not affected, most schools use technology to combine with face-to-face classrooms, and use continuous assessment to promote students’ learning. EdCity provides various services to schools in Hong Kong, such as the STAR platform, eRead Scheme, etc. EdCity not only provides technical and platform support, but also conducts professional teacher training for schools to provide comprehensive support to schools.

Our school continues to use the STAR platform for assessment. The STAR platform is a simple and fast channel that allows teachers to understand students’ learning performance through the assessments at different stages (pre-lesson, in-lesson, post-lesson), teachers can have a thorough understanding of students’ performance. It will help the teachers to improve their teaching. At the same time, students can also know their learning outcomes which may help them to learn more efficiently. In addition, using the STAR platform for speaking assessment is simple and clear. After the teacher selects the assessment content according to the topic, students can use their smartphones or tablets at home to conduct the assessment. The teacher gives feedback on the platform to make everything more efficient.’

‘The STAR platform provides comprehensive and varied levels of reading, speaking, writing and listening exercises, to provide students with personalised learning experiences, thus enhancing the effectiveness of their self-learning. These resources can not only be used for cumulative assessments, but also serve as an ideal tool to foster the progressive learning assessment. The reports in the platform clearly show the language skills of students being assessed, so teachers can adjust their teaching strategies to improve students’ results.’