Transcript STAAR State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

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STAAR
State of Texas Assessments
of Academic Readiness
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What does STAAR include?
• 12 EOC assessments that were mandated by
SB1031 in 2007
• New grade 3-8 assessments that were
mandated by HB 3 in 2009
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What do we know about
STAAR?
• First implementation in 2011-2012
• Will be “significantly more rigorous” than
TAKS; greater emphasis on alignment to
college and career readiness
• Will measure student performance and
academic growth
• Grade 3-8 STAAR tests in Reading and Math
will be linked (from grade to grade) to
performance expectations for English III
STAAR and Algebra II STAAR
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STAAR Key Concepts and
Terminology
• “Fewer, clearer, deeper”
• Fewer standards being tested more deeply
• Emphasis on applying new learning in
multiple ways rather than teaching breadth of
information
• Reporting categories (new terminology) –
what we now call test objectives
• Assessed curriculum (assessed curriculum)TEKS student expectations (SEs) to be
assessed on STAAR
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STAAR Key Concepts and
Terminology cont.
• Identify a core set of student expectations at each
grade level that are critical to success in future
grades
• Readiness standards – These TEKS are considered
the most important preparing students to succeed in
the next grade or course (on any given test the
majority of the test items (approx 60—70%) will
assess readiness standards.
• Supporting standards – These TEKS play a role in
preparing students for the next grade or course, but
not a central role.
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Not Assessed
Readiness Standards
tested each year
Supporting
Standards
assessed across
years
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STAAR (3-8) Assessments
Include…
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3-8 Mathematics
3-5 Spanish Mathematics
3-8 Reading
3-5 Spanish Reading
4 and 7 Writing
4 Spanish Writing
5 & 8 Science
5 Spanish Science
8 Social Studies
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Implemented in
2011-2012
School Year
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What will STAAR Look Like in
Grades 3-8?
• The following slides give a glimpse of
STAAR design for reading and writing,
grades 3-8.
• Information about all STAAR grade/subject
area tests to be on the new STAAR webpage
located on the MISD site under departments
in Assessment.
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Reading Test Design, Grades
3-8
Genres Assessed
Literary strand: fiction, literary nonfiction,
poetry and drama (drama beginning at grade
4)
Informational strand: expository and
persuasive (persuasive beginning at grade 5)
Procedural elements embedded in
informational pieces and media literacy
embedded in either literary or informational
pieces.
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Reading Test Design, Grades
3-8 cont.
General Parameters
 Single pieces and pairs included every year (pairs
beginning at grade 4)
 Pairs can include any combination of genres eligible
for a particular grade
 Pieces are different lengths-short, medium, and long
 Test based on an overall word maximum rather than
on a maximum per piece
 Different numbers of questions attached to different
length pieces
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Writing Test Design
Grades 4 and 7
Students to write two one-page essays
addressing different types of writing
 Types of writing include personal narrative
and expository
 Revising and editing assessed separately:
 Reporting category – Composition (2 compositions)
 Reporting category – Revision (9 / 16 Multiple Choice)
 Reporting category – Editing (19 / 24 Multiple Choice)
 Assessments at grades 4 & 7 administered
over 2 days.
 New scoring rubrics
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English and Spanish STAAR
Alignment Grades 3-5
• English and Spanish versions to align in
content and level of rigor
• Close collaboration in all phases of
development between English and Spanish
test developers and TEA content reviewers
• Input on test designs from joint committees of
bilingual educators and general educators
• Spanish and English tests to be parallel in –
- test design and blueprints
- reporting categories
- Assessed curriculum (with rare language-based skill
differences in writing)
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State of Texas Assessment of
Academic Readiness (STAAR)
High School STAAR
- Starts in 2011-2012 with entering 9th
graders (Class of 2015)
- EOC assessments in 12 courses
- Assessments will be tied to the course, not
the grade level
- Scores on high school STAAR assessments
will count as 15% of a student’s grade in the
course (EIA, EIC, EIE)
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State of Texas Assessment of Academic
Readiness (STAAR) High School cont.
• Available in 2011-2012
• Performance standards will be set in the fall
of 2011 so that student performance can be
reported after the spring 2012 administration.
• The STAAR blueprints have been posted on
the TEA website
• Three cut points for Algebra II and English
III(HB 3)
*Minimum Score (Commissioner’s decision)
*Satisfactory Performance
*College/Career Readiness
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High School Course Line-up
English
English I
English II
English III
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Math
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Social Studies
World History
World Geography
American History
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Graduation Assessments
Plan for phase-out of HS TAKS and phase-in of EOC assessments
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
Gr. 9
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
EOC**
EOC
EOC
Gr. 10
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
EOC
EOC
Gr. 11
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
EOC
Gr. 12
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS*
TAKS*
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grade re-testers
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Transition Year Issue
Accelerated scheduling: This will only be an
issue during the 2011-2012 school year.
• There will be no fall administration or end of
first semester administration in 2011-2012.
• Tentatively, plans for future show an end of
1st semester administration, end of 2nd
semester administration and summer.
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High School Graduation
Requirements
• To graduate, a student must achieve a cumulative
score (CS) that is at least equal to the product of the
number of EOC assessments taken in that content
area and a scale score that indicates satisfactory
performance
• For each of the four core content areas –
cumulative score > n x passing scale score
where n = number of assessments taken
• BUT…a student MUST achieve at least a minimum
score (as determined by the Commissioner of
Education) in order for the score to count toward the
student’s cumulative score
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Let’s Pretend……
• If the passing scale score on each of the 3
mathematics EOC assessments happens to be 1000,
then
a) the cumulative score > 3 x 1000
b) the cumulative score > 3000
• If the minimum scale score on Algebra I, Geometry
and Algebra II EOC assessments happened to be
900, then
a) students must score at least 900 on each EOC
b) but scoring 900 on each of the EOC assessments
will not meet the cumulative score requirement of
3000
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Let’s Pretend……cont.
• A student scores
a) 1100 on Algebra I
b) 1000 on Geometry
c) 800 on Algebra II
• The student’s cumulative score is 2900 and
does not equal the 3000 cumulative
requirement
• 800 does not meet the minimum score
requirement of 900 and therefore cannot be
used towards the cumulative score
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High School – STAAR cont.
• Graduation Requirements – Minimum Graduation Plan
- Student must meet the cumulative score (CS) requirement
• Graduation Requirements – Recommended Graduation Plan
- Student must meet cumulative score (CS) requirement in each
of the four content areas AND
- must meet Satisfactory Performance (SP)
on ELA III and Algebra II
• Graduation Requirements – Distinguished Achievement Plan
-Student must meet cumulative score (CS) requirement AND
-Student must meet Satisfactory Performance (SP) on
College Readiness component (CR) of ELA III and Algebra II
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Transition to……
TAKS M Type Assessment
- Spring 2012 Operational Field Test
*Single administration
*Standard set in summer 2012
*Confidential Student Reports resent in fall
2012
*Typical courses students take in grades 9
and 10, English III and US History added
later
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Transition to……
TAKS-Alt Type Assessment
-Will be an easier adjustment to the STAAR
testing program
-In 2011 and during the STAAR-Alt type
assessment, more than one teacher will be
able to access the system for a student
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Transition to……
TAKS Accomm. Type Assessment
• Accommodated students will take the regular
STAAR test.
• Looking at a more visually pleasing font
more white space for all forms
• Issues
* The test may be longer
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ELL Students and STAAR
• LAT testing could possibly be very different
• Linguistic accommodations could be expanded to a larger
number of ELL students
• Stakeholders are requesting that all ELL’s get linguistic
accommodations where TEA is not assessing Reading, this
might be an idea for Math and Science
• The EOC may create problems for ELL’s but particularly HS
students who enter the US late during their HS years and EOC
testing (this could pose a huge challenge for students and
districts)
• The state is considering computerized LAT accommodations for
as soon as this year.
• TEA is looking at linguistic accommodations for writing also.
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Issues
• Middle school students who will have EOC as
their graduation requirement and are currently
taking HS course(s):
 Option 1: Grandfather them into the system. These students could
have one less required EOC in that content area. The EOC (if taken)
would not count towards their graduation requirement.
 Option 2: The student might be tested later (option not a requirement).
• When will students retest and how many
opportunities will they have?
 Looking at three retesting opportunities throughout the calendar year:
 Students can retest at any of those testing opportunities
 EOC online or paper: all 12 will be offered in paper and online….a
student can take it in any way the LEA allows
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What’s Here…..
• New blueprints – TEA website
• Lots of STAAR and EOC information
»www.tea.state.tx.us
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What’s Soon to Come…..
• Performance Standards
-Established prior to Spring 2012
-Standard setting committee to establish
growth measures and external validity
-Algebra I performance standards will be changing
• Support Documents
-New blueprints (available now)
-New reference materials (math chart, science
(periodic table))
-New information booklets
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STAAR Release Assessments
• State Law requires the release of state
assessments every three years (primary form
only). TEA can defer release of assessment
items to develop additional assessments.
• There will be some “type” of release with the
items in the Information Booklets
• The first full release of the primary form
will be after the 2014 administration in
order to create the new assessments
• TEA is looking at the item banks to see what
they can release between the Information
Booklet and the first full release (Sept.) 
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State Accountability Standards
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
Included
Tests
TAKS +
TAKS Acc
(Group 1)
TAKS +
TAKS Acc
(All Grades
and
Subjects)
TAKS +
TAKS Acc+
TAKS M +
TAKS Alt
No Ratings
to Be
Issued
Standards
AA/Re/Ex
AA/Re/EX
AA/Re/Ex
Read/ELA
70/75/90
70/80/90
70/80/90
Writing
70/75/90
70/80/90
70/80/90
Social
Studies
70/75/90
70/80/90
70/80/90
Math
55/75/90
60/80/90
65/80/90
Science
50/75/90
55/80/90
60/80/90
Texas
Projection
Measure
(TPM)
TAKS Acc –
Includes
All grades, all TAKS M and
subjects
TAKS-Alt
Vertical Scale
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2011 and Beyond
State Accountability
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Standard Accountability Decisions for
2011 and Beyond
Additional
Indicators
2011*
Exemplary
2011*
Recognized
TAKSCommended
Performance (all
student groups
and if meets min.
size, Eco. Disadv)
25% in
Reading/ELA&
Mathematics for
Commended
15% in
Reading/ELA &
Mathematics for
Commended
English Language
Learners (ELL)
Progress (If
meets min. size.
All students
group only)
60% Standards of
Meets Required
Improvement or
Meets criteria for
use of Exception
Provision
60% Standard or
Meets Required
Improvement or
Meets criteria for
use of Exception
Provision
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No
Ratings in 2012
* The 2011 standards are final as determined by the Commissioner.
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Standard Accountability
Decisions for 2011 and Beyond
Completion Rate I, Annual Dropout Rate, and Underreported Students
2011*
Completion Rate 1
Exemplary
Recognized
Academically Acceptable
Class of 2010
>95.0%
>85.0%
>75.0%
Gr. 7-8 Annual Dropout Rate (All
categories)
09-10 Dropouts
<1.6%
Under-reported Students (District
only)
150 and
<3.0%
No Ratings in
2012
*The 2011 standards are final as determined by the
Commissioner. Numbers in red indicate an increase in
rigor from the prior year.
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Ethnicity/Race Data Collection and
Reporting for the 2010-2011 School Year
• Beginning with the 2010-11 data collection,
race/ethnicity data will be collected using the new
definitions only.
• PEIMS will collect race/ethnicity information using the
new definitions only
• Assessment answer documents will collect
race/ethnicity using new definitions only
• State accountability, federal accountability, and the
AEIS will use the new definitions for all the current
year (2010-11) indicators for the 2011 cycle.
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AYP Federal Performance Standards
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
TAKS,
TAKS-Acc
TAKS-M
TAKS-Alt
TAKS-Lat
TAKS,
TAKS-Acc
TAKS-M
TAKS-Alt
TAKS-Lat
TAKS,
TAKS-Acc
TAKS-M
TAKS-Alt
TAKS-Lat
Read 67%
73%
80%
87%
93%
100%
Math 58%
67%
75%
83%
92%
100%
STAAR
2014 – All Sub-pops will count for AYP !
State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness
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2011 and Beyond
Federal Accountability
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AYP: Transition Plan
Considerations for AYP in 2012 and beyond
• Alternatives for reporting 2012 AYP results, including
proposed timelines, will be included in the
amendment requests.
• Consideration for the use of end-of-course
assessments in all grades on secondary campuses
for AYP.
• Graduation Rate targets for 2012 are applied to All
Students and every student group.
• Student graduation requirements will include end-ofcourse testing.
• AYP Performance targets under the new STAAR
assessment program.
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AYP: Transition Plan
Considerations for AYP in 2012 and beyond
• In 2012, STAAR Modified Assessments will
-Fulfill student test requirements for AYP
-Be used for standard setting
-Late report (Fall 2012) to districts after
summer standard setting
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STAAR
Premiering
Spring of
2012
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