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2015-2016 School Year Assessment
Updates
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20152
2015-2016 Assessment Updates
Implementation of New Student Assessment Contracts:
Educational Testing Service (ETS) was awarded:
STAAR Grades 3-8STAAR (EOC)STAAR SpanishSTAAR LSTAAR A
Pearson was awarded:STAAR Alternate 2TELPASTAKS
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20153
2015-2016 Assessment Updates
In Spring 2016, Grade 4 and 7 Writing tests will be redesigned as one-day tests
To be completed in one 4-hour administration
When students complete their tests, it will now be a requirement to release students.
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20154
2015-2016 Assessment UpdatesCurrent Design of Grade 4 and Grade 7 Writing
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20155
2015-2016 Assessment UpdatesCurrent Design of Grade 4 and Grade 7 Writing
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20156
2015-2016 Assessment Updates
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20157
2015-2016 Assessment Updates
TSI as a substitute for EOC’s
SB149: a student who has taken Algebra I or English II at least twice and failed to pass it may satisfy the requirement to perform satisfactorily on that assessment if he/she receives a score of proficient on the TSI
For Algebra I: Math score of 350
For English II:
Reading score of 351
Writing score of 350 an essay of 5
HB 1613: a student enrolled in a college preparatory math or ELA course under Sec. 28.014 who satisfies TSI college readiness benchmarks at the end of the course is exempt from the administration of the Algebra I or the English I and English II EOC assessment instruments, as applicable
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 20158
EOCs
New rule for students graduating under FHSP – HB 2349
Effective 2015-16, a student graduating under the FHSP is NOT required to take an EOC if he/she Earned high school credit for the course to which the EOC applies prior
to enrollment in a Texas public school (and the credit has been accepted by a Texas public school) or
Completed a course for high school credit in a course to which the EOC applies prior to the 2011–12 spring administration
Prior to HB 2349, a student graduating under FHSP was required to take and pass all 5 EOC assessments in order to receive a Texas diploma regardless of course enrollment (except for course credits earned before the 2011-12 spring administration)
Other Assessment IssuesDecember STAAR EOCs
Will be administered in paper format only
Calculator Policy
Calculators are required for
Districts may satisfy the calculator requirement by providing students with either a handheld calculator or a calculator application available on a tablet
Grade 8 Mathematics, Algebra I, Algebra II
Districts must ensure that each student has a graphing calculator to use throughout the entire test (both paper and online versions)
For Biology
Districts must ensure that students have access to a calculator with four-function, scientific, or graphing capability
There should be at least one calculator for every five students
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201510
Other Assessment Issues
Release of tests
In August 2016, TEA will release the primary form of all 2016
STAAR general assessments, including braille versions of the assessments
STAAR Spanish
STAAR L
STAAR A
STAAR Alternate 2State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201511
Other Assessment Issues
Changes to TELPAS Holistic Rating Training (effective Jan 2016)
online training courses and calibrations will be available at a new website that will allow for a more streamlined training experience
calibration must be completed in a monitored setting
the number of opportunities to calibrate will be reduced from three sets to two sets
supplemental support provider training requirements will be eliminated
local procedures must be established for verifying the completion of training and calibration
training history will no longer be available
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201512
Other Assessment Issues
TELPAS Writing Audit
Districts will be notified in the spring of their participation and the processes they need to follow to be compliant with the audit.
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201513
Other Assessment Issues
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201514
So how do we talk about the Standard Progression Model? Each year for the next 7 years, it will get a
little harder to pass STAAR So … maintaining the same pass rate each year
will represent instructional progress for a campus
In 5 of the next 7 years, the Standard Progression model results in the same or lower passing standard than would have been applicable in the “stair-step” phase-in plan
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Other Assessment Issues
Each year for the next 7 years, it will get a little harder to pass STAAR
In 5 of the next 7 years, the Standard Progression model results in the same or lower passing standard than would have been applicable in the “stair-step” phase-in plan
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201516
Who are the Kids who will have to pass at the Final Level II in
2021-2022?
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201517
State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201518
Thank You !
Questions??State Assessment Updates Coordinator Training November 201519