How do students earn Galaxy Stars in Progress Learning?

Updated by Gayle McKee

Motivate students to master their state standards with a Galaxy Star Challenge. Track how many Galaxy Stars students have earned, and celebrate growth and mastery of their learning standards.

How are Galaxy Stars earned?

Below is a list of how elementary students in grades K-5 earn Galaxy Stars for their on-grade level practice in Progress Learning.

Students will earn Galaxy Stars for:

Students will not earn Galaxy Stars for:

  • On grade-level practice questions completed within the study plan
  • On grade-level assigned practice questions
  • On grade-level assigned remediation
  • Mixed standards practice questions
  • Assessments, diagnostics, or tests
  • Below grade-level work in their Study Plan
  • Above grade-level work in their Study Plan

Students will earn a maximum of 3 Galaxy Stars if they score 100%, 2 Galaxy Stars if they score 80% to 99%, or 1 Galaxy Star if they score 70% - 79%. No stars are earned for scores below 70%

Students can only earn a max of 3 stars for any standard. They can continue to practice that standard each day, but once they've earned 3 stars, they will not earn any additional stars in that particular standard.

Calculating Galaxy Stars

On the student platform, the total number of Galaxy Stars that can be earned is calculated based on a student having access to ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies for their current K–5 grade level.

If your campus does not have access to all content areas for your grade level, you will need to manually calculate the number of available Galaxy Stars by multiplying each standard/skill by 3 (number of available stars per skill) to get the total number of Galaxy Stars available to your students.

Example: This school only has a subscription for 1st grade Science. There are a total of 19 skills/standards in 1st grade Science, so the total number of Galaxy Stars that can be earned is 57 (19x3) even though the student dashboard says there are 291 available stars.

Student Motivation

Use our Galaxy Star Punch Cards and Student Encouragement Cards to motivate your students to keep up with their progress.

Skills mastered in My Galaxies of Liftoff also earn Galaxy Stars. The Galaxy Stars earned in Liftoff are a separate reward system from the on-grade level practice completed in the Progress Learning Study Plan.

For more information about Galaxy Stars earned in Liftoff specifically, check out these articles:
How do students earn Galaxy Stars in Liftoff?
How do I see how many galaxy stars my students have earned in Liftoff?

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