Transcript June 2015 SpEd Assessment Updates

2015 SpEd Assessment
Updates
TETN Event # 20967
Presented June 5, 2013
TEA’s Student Assessment Division
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General Updates
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End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments
• For students receiving special education services, and who fail an EOC assessment:
• STAAR EOC
• An ARD committee may determine that the student should continue testing
until he/she passes the assessment OR they can determine no further testing is
necessary based on the instruction the student is receiving.
• If a student meets curriculum requirements and passes all 5 STAAR EOC
assessments, he/she can graduate on the DAP, RHSP, or the MHSP.
• If a student does not pass a STAAR EOC assessments, he/she will only be
able to graduate on the MHSP.
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End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments
• For students receiving special education services, and who fail an EOC assessment:
• STAAR Modified EOC
• A student will not have another opportunity to take a STAAR Modified EOC
assessment if he/she failed or was absent during testing. However, according to federal
and state regulations, students who take a modified assessment are not held to the same
graduation requirements as students who take the general assessment. Meeting the
passing standard on a STAAR Modified EOC assessment is not a graduation
requirement, so participating in additional testing opportunities was never necessary.
• A student will graduate on the MHSP if he/she took at least one STAAR Modified
EOC assessment.
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STAAR Modified U.S. History
• Administered for the first (and last) time spring 2014.
• Only raw scores will be reported since standards for this assessment will not
be set.
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STAAR Modified Released Tests
• The following 2014 STAAR Modified assessments will be released in August 2014.
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grades 3–8 mathematics
grades 6 and 8 reading
grades 5 and 8 science
grade 8 social studies
Algebra I
biology
English I and II
U.S. history
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STAAR Modified Released Tests
• In order to support future test administrations within the STAAR program,
it was necessary to remove select reading selections, writing passages, and test
questions from certain tests. Therefore, the following 2014 STAAR Modified
assessments will be only partially released:
• grades 3, 4, 5, and 7 reading
• grades 4 and 7 writing
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2015 ARD and Accommodations Training
• Updated ARD committee training for assessment decisions will be posted
Fall 2014.
• Remember, allowable testing accommodations currently posted apply to the
2014 calendar year… meaning that these policies remain in effect until
December 2014.
• 2015 allowable testing accommodations will be posted Fall 2014.
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TAKS
• August 20, 2013 Letter to Districts Primary test administrations no longer provided
• Student may test during any of the TAKS test administrations (October, March, April, July)
• The 2013–2014 school year will be the last year for paper administrations of TAKS.
Beginning in October 2014, TAKS will become an online test only.
• Only TAKS will be administered online beginning Fall 2014.
• ARD committees will document the accommodations the students need on TAKS and are
allowed per the 2010-2011 Accommodations Manual.
• For example, if a student is eligible to use a supplemental aid, he/she can use it during the online
TAKS retest.
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STAAR A: General Information
• The U.S. Department of Education informed states that assessments based
on modified standards for students served by special education cannot be
used for accountability purposes after the 2013-2014 school year.
• STAAR Modified will be administered for the last time in 2014.
• Spring 2015 will be the first administration of STAAR A, the accommodated
version of STAAR.
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HOW IS TEA PLANNING TO INCLUDE STUDENTS
PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED WITH STAAR MODIFIED IN
GENERAL STAAR IN 2015 AND BEYOND?
• September: TEA met with focus group to obtain input regarding how
students with disabilities (currently eligible for STAAR Modified) are being
provided access to the general curriculum Classroom teachers, campus
administrators, district personnel, Education Service Center specialists,
advocates
• November-present: TEA staff has been working on plans for possible
additional accommodations via an online delivery system Similar in
functionality to STAAR L
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2014-2015 Assessment Options for Students
Receiving Special Education Services
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STAAR
STAAR Spanish
STAAR L
STAAR A
STAAR Alternate
Accommodations policies for 2015 have not yet been finalized.
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STAAR A Cognitive Lab
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May 12-30, 2014
5 school districts
16 campuses
67 elementary, middle, and high school students
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STAAR A Cognitive Lab
• Subjects
• 4 reading
• 8 social studies
• 4 mathematics
• English I reading
• 7 writing prompt
• English I writing
• 8 science
• Algebra I
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STAAR A Cognitive Lab
• Observations
• Grade-level content continued to be a challenge for most of the students; however, all
students reported that the embedded accommodations were helpful and felt the
experience was a positive one. In addition, the embedded accommodations seemed to
provide better access to the content being assessed. For instance, students did not
understand the meaning of some vocabulary, but understood the simplified language in
popups.
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STAAR A Cognitive Lab
• Observations
• Most students indicated a preference for taking tests on computers.
• Teachers indicated that students would need practice with tools but that the tools
provided aligned with accommodations used during instruction. They also felt that the
tools would be helpful for their students.
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STAAR A: Sample Test Questions
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STAAR A Resources to be
Made Available Fall 2014
• Eligibility criteria
• Tutorials
• Planned to be multi-subject
• Will be released by grade cluster
• ARD Resources
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Will the Modified PEIMS Codes
Still Be Available?
• There are no plans at this time to delete these codes.
• However, the code table CO22 is updated three times a year (March, July,
December). At any one of these times, changes may be made based on new
information or educator feedback.
• Contact TEA’s Curriculum Division at 512-463-9581 or
[email protected] for questions about PEIMS codes and curriculum
requirements.
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Graduation Requirements
• Graduation requirement rules were finalized on January 31st.
• TEA is now working to adjust 19 TAC §89.1070.
• Contact TEA’s Curriculum Division at 512-463-9581 or
[email protected] for questions about graduation requirements.
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