5-Star Students is a unique, web-based platform available to help educators and administrators track and drive student involvement in school activities and events. Public research has proven there’s a strong correlation between involvement in school activities and student achievement. To that end, 5-Star Students provides viable solutions to keep track of involvement using web, mobile and barcode scanning technologies. Schools can assign point values to help drive more involvement and manage incentive programs to recognize students for their participation. The ability to track attendance at out-of-classroom events or sessions can provide accurate records to support many use cases. The program can also assist with tracking student behavior occurrences as part of PBIS programs or other initiatives. 5-Star Students ultimately provides schools or districts with a wealth of data on student involvement at an individual or group level. 5-Star Students provides: Individual student involvement in activities Which students are involved in clubs? Which students are involved in sports? Which students aren't involved at all? Student involvement by time period Student involvement by grade Which students attend school events? How well are certain school events attended? Methods to use data: Target specific non-involved groups of students Show a correlation between involvement and student grades Show a correlation between non-involvement and student discipline Increase school and activity attendance Increase and regulate club activities Increase revenue from paid student events Increase school spirit Practical uses: Use for school accreditation Use to increase student inclusion Use to increase gate revenues Use to track after-school student attendance and hours Use reward students for attending more school events Use to record student arrival and departure times at off-campus events Use to record parent or guest attendance at events