Transcript ELA Update: TEKS and TAKS

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NEW READING/WRITING 3−8
AND
ENGLISH I, II, AND III EOC
ASSESSMENTS
Victoria Young
Director of Reading, Writing, and
Social Studies Assessments
Texas Education Agency
House Bill 3
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New graduation requirements
begin with students who will
enter the 9th grade for the first
time in the 2011−2012 school
year.
These students are current 7th
graders!
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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Current legislation requires the phase-out of high
school TAKS and replaces it with 12 EOC
assessments for these courses:
English I, English II, English III
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
World Geography, World History, U.S. History
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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Phase-out of HS TAKS and Phase-in of EOC Assessments
2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015
GR 9
TAKS
TAKS
EOC
EOC
EOC
EOC
GR 10
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
EOC
EOC
EOC
GR 11
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
TAKS
EOC
EOC
TAKS*
EOC or
TAKS*
GR 12
TAKS*
TAKS*
*Out-of-school testers and 12th grade re-testers
TAKS*
TAKS*
New Assessment Design
STAAR 3–8 and EOC
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“Fewer, clearer, deeper” focus
Linked to college readiness
Will emphasize “core” knowledge and
skills, defined as those TEKS considered
critical for success in the current
grade/course and important for
preparedness in the grade/course that
follows.
Will focus on these “core” knowledge and
skills each year, with others rotating into
the assessments across years/
administrations
New Assessment Design
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TEKS FOR SPECIFIC
GRADE OR COURSE
FOCUS OF
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSED
ACROSS YEARS
NOT ASSESSED
English I, II, and III Test Design
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Two-day administration–writing on day 1,
reading on day 2
Embedded field-test items
Advanced high school course readiness
measure for English I and II
College and career readiness measure for
English III
Scores reported for reading, writing, and
composite
Writing Test Design
Grades 4 and 7 and EOCs
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Students will write two one-page essays
addressing different types of writing
Types of writing include personal narrative,
first person (personal narrative with
extension), literary, expository, persuasive,
and analytic
Revision and editing assessed separately
Field tests embedded for grade 7 and EOCs.
Assessments at grades 4 and 7 administered
over 2 days
Reading Test Design
Grades 3−8 and EOCs
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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
Reading Design
Grades 3−8 and EOCs
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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
CONTACT INFORMATION
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Victoria Young
Director of Reading, Writing, and Social
Studies Assessments
Texas Education Agency
512-463-9536
[email protected]