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Presented by: Education Service Center Region XI
Continues to test
 3-8 mathematics and reading
 4 and 7 writing
 5 and 8 science
 8 social studies
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Spanish version available in grades3-5
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Students are required to pass five STAAR EOC
assessments to meet graduation requirements.
 Algebra I
 English I (combined reading/writing spring 2014)
 English II (combined reading/writing spring 2014)
 Biology
 U.S. History
Effective June 12, 2013
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Briefing Book on Public Education Legislation
 Texas Education Agency
83rd Texas Legislative Session
 July 2013
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 http://www.tea.state.tx.us/Communications/Announcements/2013_An
nouncements/Legislative_briefing_book_details_new_laws/
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Eliminated:
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15% rule
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Cumulative score required for graduation
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Use of a Minimum Score towards graduation
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Students who have taken a required EOC
assessment, but have not passed, must
demonstrate satisfactory performance to meet
the state’s graduation requirements.
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Effective June 12, 2013
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August 2, 2013, letter To The Administrator
Addressed
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TEA is proposing to maintain the minimum – and
cumulative – score concepts to determine
whether students taking these assessments have
met their English I and English II graduation
requirements
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These concepts would be applied within each
course, not across courses, and would require
students who took separate reading and writing
assessments to meet three criteria:
 pass one assessment (either reading or writing);
 meet at least the minimum score on the other; and
 achieve a combined scale score of 3750 (the phase-in 1
standard), which represents the sum of the scale
scores needed to reach Level II for reading (1875) and
Level II for writing (1875).
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STAAR English I and II
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Students, who have not successfully met their
graduation requirements for English I or II by
spring 2014, will take the new combined English
assessment, which will have one score.
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2014 Time Limit for English I and II- 5 hours
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Accelerated instruction is still required for any
students who did not pass STAAR assessments in
grades 3-8 and for the following EOC assessments:
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Algebra I
English I (reading/writing)
English II (reading/writing)
Biology
U. S. History
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Release of STAAR Assessments
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Requires the agency to release general STAAR
assessments for grades 3-8 and EOC and STAAR
Spanish assessments in
 2012-2013
 2013-2014
 2014-2015
 2015-2016
Printed versions of the released tests may be ordered online
for an additional charge at
http://www.TexasAssessment.com/publications.
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Release of STAAR Assessments
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Requires the agency to release STAAR Modified
for grades 3-8 and EOC in
 2013-2014
 2014-2015
 2015-2016
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Requires the agency to release general STAAR,
STAAR Spanish, and STAAR Modified every third
year thereafter.
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Except as required by federal law, students in grades
3-8 are not required to be administered a grade-level
assessment in a subject if the student is administered
an above-grade level assessment in the same subject
area. Section 39.023
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Requires accelerated students to double test so they
have scores to use for AYP in grades 3–8 and in high
school, e.g., grade 8 math and Algebra I.
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Refer to the August 2, 2013, letter To the
Administrator Addressed.
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Each board of trustees must adopt and enforce a
policy limiting the removal of students from class for
remedial tutoring or test preparation. Section 25.083
A student may not be removed for remedial tutoring
or test preparation if, as a result, the student would
miss more than 10% of the school days on which the
class is offered unless the parent gives written
consent. Section 25.083
Students in grades K-12 may not be given credit or a
final grade for a class unless in attendance for at least
90% of the days the class is offered. Section 25.092
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Requires the commissioner to establish
assessment administration procedures that
minimize disruptions to school operations and
classroom environments. Section 25.083 (a)
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Coming 2014
 Requires the commissioner to provide a scale
score to a 100-point conversion table. Section 39.025 (a)
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Allows satisfactory performance on other
assessments (e.g., AP, IB, SAT, ACT) in equivalent
courses to substitute for performance on STAAR
EOC assessments. Section 39.025 (a-1)
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SUBSTITUTE ASSESSMENTS TO FULFILL
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STAAR
The proposed substitute assessment rule will
allow students to substitute certain comparable
tests for corresponding STAAR EOC assessments
for graduation purposes.
TEA will implement this rule in the 2013–2014
school year with an effective date retroactive to
the 2011–2012 school year.
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SUBSTITUTE ASSESSMENTS TO FULFILL
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STAAR
TEA will determine the cut scores that can be
used to satisfy a student’s testing requirement for
graduation.
It will be the responsibility of the district and the
student to verify the results on substitute
assessments for graduation purposes.
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Public Comment Period: September 20, 2013 October 21, 2013.
Earliest Possible Date of Adoption: October 21,
2013.
Proposed Effective Date: November 28, 2013.
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BENCHMARK TESTING
Limits the number of benchmark assessments to
two per state assessment. Section 39.0263 (b)
 HB 5 prohibits districts from administering more than
two benchmark tests for any corresponding
grade/subject or course STAAR assessment.
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Assessments for students served by special
education and assessments for ELLs are now the
responsibility of the Assessments for Special
Populations Unit in the Student Assessment
Division.
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Eligibility criteria for TAKS exit level retests:
 Must have TAKS as a graduation requirement
 Must be classified as an 11th grader or higher
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Administration of Texas Assessment of Knowledge
and Skills (TAKS) exit level is available for students
who are taking the test for the first time and are
classified as 11th graders or above in October, 2013.
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Grade 4 students at selected campuses will
participate in the English version of the STAAR writing
prompt study on March 3, 2014.
Districts selected to participate in the writing prompt
study were notified.
For those districts selected, campus assignments will
be posted to the Texas Assessment Management
System, delivered through PearsonAccess.
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A grade 4 writing prompt study for the Spanish
version of STAAR will also be administered on March
3, 2014.
Because of the small number of testers statewide, all
grade 4 students who will take the STAAR Spanish
grade 4 writing assessment in spring 2014 will be
required to participate in this study.
Materials for the STAAR Spanish writing prompt
study will be sent to districts based on the 2014
participation information provided to Pearson in fall
2013.
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TEA is proposing to maintain the phase-in 1
performance standards for the STAAR program for
the 2013–2014 school year.
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There are two primary reasons for this proposal:
 For grades 3–8, schools did not receive performancelevel data on students until January 2013, which
limited the time available to adjust instruction prior to
the spring 2013 test administrations.
 For all grades and courses, schools did not have access
either to a released test form (as they had in the first
year of TAKS) or to the associated item-level analysis
for their students.
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APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON
EOC ASSESSMENTS
 TEA is proposing that the performance standard
needed to meet the testing requirement for graduation
be based on the performance standard in place when
students take their first EOC test and apply to all five
EOC assessments.
 For example, for students who took STAAR Algebra I in
spring 2013, the first phase-in standard for Level II:
Satisfactory Performance would apply to Algebra I,
STAAR English I, English II, biology, and U.S. history.
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APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON
EOC ASSESSMENTS
 TEA is proposing that students who took Algebra I and
received course credit prior to the 2011–2012 school
year not be required to take the STAAR Algebra I
assessment.
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APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON
EOC ASSESSMENTS
 Students cannot use a passing score for a STAAR EOC
assessment that is no longer required for graduation as
a substitute for an assessment that is still required.
 For example, a passing score on STAAR geometry
cannot be used in lieu of not meeting the required
passing standard on Algebra I to satisfy the
mathematics testing requirement for graduation since
geometry and Algebra I are not equivalent courses
with regard to content.
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When enrolled in English I/ESOL I course, eligible ELL shall
not be required to retake assessment each time it is
administered if student passes course but does not meet
standard. For ELLs who ―
 have been enrolled in U.S. schools 3 school years or less (5
or less if qualifying unschooled asylee/refugee) and
 have not yet attained TELPAS advanced high reading rating
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Rule to be posted for public comment in October for 30
days
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Note:
 Students are not exempt from testing while in the course
 Provisions do not apply to English II
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND ENGLISH
EOC GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
ELL students who qualify
 still have to take the English I EOC assessment, but will
not have to pass it to meet the assessment graduation
requirements.
 need to take and pass the English II assessment to
meet this requirement.
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Beginning in spring 2014, students in grades 5 and 8
who participate in STAAR L will be held to the
Student Success Initiative requirements. Students in
grades 5 and 8 who participate in STAAR L will have
three opportunities to pass the STAAR L mathematics
test and three opportunities to pass the STAAR
reading test.
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Online interface provided certain linguistic
accommodations for qualifying students:
 Clarification in English at the word or phrase level for
pre-determined words
 Words read aloud at the word-by-word level
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35,000 students across the state were
administered STAAR L across all administrations in
2013
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Available early spring 2014
 Minor updates to grades 3–8; Updates to EOC version
to address assessment changes from HB 5
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Should be used to familiarize students with
clarification and read aloud accommodations and
standard TestNav tools
Test administration directions for operational
STAAR L assessments will assume some familiarity
with online interface
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Practice sets consist of approximately 25 items for
each STAAR L assessment
To be posted in early 2014
Will be available in online format similar to
TELPAS so that students may experience the
items as they will be presented in the operational
administration.
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Beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, students must be
enrolled for 60 consecutive school days for that year to
count in years in U.S. schools calculations. Please note that
this is not to be calculated retroactively.
Unschooled Asylee Refugee
 Continue as it has in the past
Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE)
 SIFE and Limited Prior Schooling groups from 2012–2013
have been collapsed
This data will be collected through the student data upload
Specific information will be included in the 2014 DCCM
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Standardized Oral Administration (SOA) for the
STAAR program will be offered statewide as an
online option for oral administration in the 2013–
2014 school year.
Districts will be given the opportunity to test
students using SOA in the following grades and
subjects:
 grade 4 reading and mathematics
 grade 7 reading and mathematics
 grade 8 science and social studies
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Standardized Oral Administration (SOA)
 “Pilot” study in Spring 2013
 Offered online through TestNav
 The computer will read test questions and answer
choices to students
 Allows students to switch between continuous
read and word only modes
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Standardized Oral Administration (SOA)
 Student can control the playback – replay, stop &
start, speed, etc.
 Headphones/ear buds needed – local decision
 Scored online through TestNav, like EOC online is
now when using an SOA.
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USDE - assessments based on modified standards
for students served by special education cannot
be used for accountability purposes after the
2013–2014 school year.
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Further information regarding plans for the
inclusion of this population of students in the
general assessment program beginning with the
2014–2015 school year will be forthcoming.
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REDESIGN OF THE STAAR ALTERNATE PROGRAM
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HB 5 requires that the agency develop an
alternate assessment for the most severely
cognitively disabled students that does not
require teachers to prepare tasks or materials.
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This newly designed alternate assessment will be
administered for the first time in the spring of the
2014–2015 school year.
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REDESIGN OF THE STAAR ALTERNATE PROGRAM
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TEA will propose in commissioner rule that the
adjusted phase-in standard that was used for the
STAAR Alternate program in 2011–2012 be
applied to the 2013–2014 results.
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TBD
 Title: Testing Accommodations for SWD
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Audience: Open to ESCs and districts
Event#: 20906
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October 8, 2013
 Title: ESC LPAC Assessment TOT
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Audience: Open to ESCs
Event#: 20784
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2013-2014 Student Assessment Testing
Calendar has been updated and is posted on
the TEA website
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/calendars/
 2013–2014
School Year – Revised August 2, 2013
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Laura Carson
(817) 740-7573 or [email protected]
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Peggy DeMoss
(817) 740-7529 or [email protected]
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Sharon Rutherford
(817) 740-7574 or [email protected]
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