Getting Started
Once you’ve decided that STARI is the right fit for your district or school, you’ll need to take some steps to prepare. This page offers information and suggestions about how to identify students for STARI, how to select and access the appropriate materials, how to schedule STARI into the school day, and how to train and support STARI teachers. 
Identify students for STARI.
STARI is designed for students in grades 6 and up who are two or more years behind grade level in reading.
Determine which students should be placed in a STARI classroom.
Which students benefit the most from STARI?
Schedule STARI in the school day.
STARI is intended to be a “double dose” intervention that should not take the place of core curriculum.
TIPS: Scheduling STARI
How can STARI be scheduled into the day?
Select, train, and support STARI teachers.
Teaching STARI is a significant undertaking! The first step is to select the right teacher(s). The next step is to provide them with training. A multi-session, interactive experience to prepare educators is recommended. See also: STARI Professional Learning
Which teachers can teach STARI?
ALSO:
- Make a plan for setting aside time for STARI professional learning before and during implementation.
- Think about which school-level staff members will support teachers in implementing STARI (principals, assistant principals, coaches). Plan for how these stakeholders will become familiar with STARI. Consider registering your instructional support staff for the STARI Coach professional learning series to familiarize themselves with STARI and best practices to support and evaluate STARI teachers.
Decide which STARI series you will be using
STARI has four Series. Each Series has three units, which is enough material for one full school year. We generally recommend:
- Series 1: 6th Grade
- Series 2: 7th Grade
- Series 3: 8th-9th Grade
- Series 4: High School
All four series address similar reading needs, but the reading materials are increasingly sophisticated. STARI units are designed around engaging, real-world topics. Texts focus on debatable, even controversial, ideas. If you would like to learn more about the content of each unit, please review the
Series/Unit Overviews.
Units within a series should not be skipped or switched. However, if you feel that a particular text or unit is not the right fit for your students, you can swap out the unit for the same unit within a different series. More information is provided in the links below.
Determine the appropriate STARI series.
How do the four STARI Series differ?
STARI consists of curriculum materials and literature. You can print or purchase these materials on your own, or request a quote for a
STARI Bundle to purchase printed curriculum materials, literature, and professional learning together.
About how much does STARI cost?
Determine how you will get the STARI curriculum materials.
Download STARI curriculum materials.
If you only need printed curriculum materials (teacher lesson plans, student workbooks, fluency passages), you may download and print these materials free of charge, or purchase printed copies. Tips for printing STARI yourself.
Purchase printed curriculum materials (SERP Store).
Request a quote for a STARI bundle.
If you would like to order a combination of STARI curriculum materials, STARI literature, and professional learning, you may request a bundle quote!
STARI materials can be downloaded and printed by a teacher or district administrator for their own purposes. However, SERP owns the copyright to STARI materials, and they cannot be printed and sold by anyone else. If you are interested in purchasing preprinted STARI materials, SERP is the sole source provider. NO OTHER COMPANY HAS BEEN LICENSED BY SERP TO SELL PRINTED COPIES OF SERP MATERIALS.
Other miscellaneous supplies used with STARI
Determine how you will purchase the literature used with STARI.
If you are not purchasing a bundle:
Novels, anthologies, and other supplies needed for STARI are available through many major booksellers or through publishing companies. You may order STARI Literature through your preferred vendor, or consider ordering through SERP or the STARI Amazon Store. Suggested quantities are one per student unless otherwise noted. Download STARI Literature List.
Browse or purchase literature (SERP Store).
(to be delivered to you by partner book distributor; credit card and purchase orders accepted)
Browse or purchase literature (Amazon Store).
Request a quote for a STARI bundle.
If you would like to order a combination of STARI curriculum materials, STARI literature, and professional learning, you may request a bundle quote!
