Transcript Feb 15 Accountability Webinar

Feb 19 Accountability
Webinar
KIM GILSON
SR CONSULTANT
DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY
REGION 10 ESC
972-348-1480
[email protected]
It is the policy of Region 10 Education Service Center not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or handicap
in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the
Educational Amendments of 1972; and Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Region 10 Education Service
Center will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational
programs and services.
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Agenda
1. Math Scoring and Reporting
2. Math Released Tests
3. New STAAR FAQ
4. When to Give EOC’s?
5. Transcripts for Students Not Required to take an EOC
6. Misc. Tidbits
7. URGENT! Don’t Miss This!!!!!
8. Where to find Presentations from the Assessment Conference
9. 2015-2016 Proposed Testing Calendar
10. 2015 Accountability Updates (See Performance Reporting’s PPT from the State Assessment Conference and
Kim Gilson’s Assessment Conference presentation at www.region10.org/accountability)
Math Scoring and Reporting
Math scores for ACCOUNTABILITY ONLY purposes will be posted in the CAF file
“Realistic Timeline?” MID-JUNE
Remember that SE Data is not immediately available, but comes later in the
summer
Reporting Categories come first, on Pearson reports
Math Released Tests
Still no full release
Approximately 20 questions per grade level
New STAAR FAQ
http://www.txetests.com/FAQS/index.asp?p=2
When to Give EOC’s for Students on
Non-Traditional Schedules
Frequent Topic!
Example: Self-paced, dropout prevention programs
See STAAR FAQ:
Graduation Requirements
When should students take a STAAR EOC assessment?
Students should take a STAAR EOC assessment during the spring, summer, or fall administration, as close as possible to the completion of the corresponding course. Most
students will have received instruction in an entire course or a significant portion of the course by the testing date or by the end of the school year, so they would participate in
the spring administration. However, if by the end of the school year students have received instruction in only part of the course (the first half or the second half), then they
would take the STAAR EOC assessment in whichever subsequent administration is closest to the time they are completing the course.
For students who are taking courses outside of the typical semester sequence, districts should carefully evaluate the timing of the course instruction as it relates to the STAAR
EOC assessment schedule to ensure that students are provided the best opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the course content. For example, because the
spring administration of STAAR English I and English II typically occurs a month earlier than the administration of the other EOC assessments, districts should evaluate the
extent to which students taking English I or English II in an accelerated block of instruction during the spring are able to complete their testing requirements. Students who do
not participate in the spring STAAR administration may not be able or willing to return to school in July to take the assessments and will not have another opportunity to test
until December of the following school year, months after they have completed the course.
What do we put on transcripts for students
who were not required to take an EOC?
Per my conversation with Lisa Cottle:
There is no mechanism to show a reason for a student to have a missing EOC on the transcript.
You cannot “force the label”
Colleges/Universities have been informed regarding the changes taking place in graduation
requirements.
Districts may add additional information to transcripts as they see fit. They could also add a
letter for the student to submit with the transcript telling why a score is missing.
Misc. Tidbits
Image Essays will be posted by June 5 (remember they are free!)
STAAR Alt 2 will have a scale score
English and Spanish will be combined into one Summary Report
Printed reports will be delivered to districts by May 22
DTC’s Must Resolve Student Warnings!
This was addressed in the Scoring and Reporting Presentation
Progress Measures were specifically mentioned
(I was not present for that session!)
Assessment Conference Presentations
Will be posted to the TASA website.
www.tasanet.org
TEA Documents will be posted here:
http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/tac/
[email protected] deadline Feb 27
2015-2016 Testing Calendar
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