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Texas Regional Collaboratives
Math Directors Meeting
February 12, 2008
Norma Torres-Martinez
Director of Mathematics
Erika Pierce
Assistant Director of Mathematics
Curriculum Division
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Mathematics Instructional
Coaches Pilot Program
Status Update
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HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02237F.htm
 Districts or campuses are eligible to participate if
they have exhibited characteristics that strongly
correlate with high dropout rates during each of the
three preceding school years (§39.358)
 High percentage of economically disadvantaged
 Low passing rates for TAKS math
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HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02237F.htm
 TEA will post Eligibility List by school district
 not individual campuses
 Eligibility list posted at same time as RFA
 Intent for it to post no later than 2/15/08
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HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02237F.htm
 Requests for Application (RFA)
 Only districts on the Eligibility List are eligible to
apply for RFA
 Those on Grants listserv will receive automatic
notice of RFA posting
 www.tea.state.tx.us/list
 Grant Announcements – RFA s – RFP s
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HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02237F.htm
 RFA due date
 Sometime before April 1st
 Exact date will be posted on the RFA
 Grant contract period
 July 1, 2008 to May 31, 2010
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HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02237F.htm
 Provider list
 scheduled to be available week of March 10th
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Dale Fowler
Office of Education Initiatives
Texas Education Agency
phone: (512) 463-3282 fax: (512) 463-6782
[email protected]
“All Texas students will graduate high school ready for college and career
success and prepared to be contributing members of the community”
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Texas Math Diagnostic
System (TMDS)
 New items aligned to TEKS have
been developed and uploaded
Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry,
Algebra II
 Items currently being transadapted
into Spanish
Available late spring 2008
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College Readiness Program
A Collaborative Project
between the
Texas Education Agency
and the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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Overview
 Created under Article 5, HB 1 (79th, 3rd Called Session,
Section 28.008)
 3 Phases of Work
 Commission for a College Ready Texas (CCRT)
appointed by the Governor
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3 Phases
 Phase I: Teams of 10 in each core subject develop
College Readiness Standards (CRS)
 Approved by THECB (Jan 2008)
 Presented to Commissioner Robert Scott for
approval and submission to SBOE for
incorporation into the TEKS
 Phase II: Gap Analysis by Vertical Teams
 Recommend how TEKS can be aligned to CRS
 Phase III: Develop instructional strategies and
support materials
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Contact Information
 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB)
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/
 Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Joseph Kulhanek, Director of the College Readiness
Program
[email protected]
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Student Assessment
Mathematics Update
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Student Success Initiative (SSI)
TAKS MATHEMATICS GRADE 5 & 8
 First administration—April 8, 2008
 Second administration—May 13, 2008
 Third administration—July 1, 2008
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REVISED March 2008 Student
Assessment Testing Calendar
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/taa/studassmt011608.htm
 Overlap of March 4, 2008 date
 TAKS assessments &
Texas primary voting
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TAKS Mathematics
Information Booklets
 Grades 6–11 booklets have been revised to reflect
the refinements to the TEKS and are available on the
TEA website
 Grades 3–5 booklets have been posted on the
student assessment website
 Look under “What’s New”
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Senate Bill 1031
 Phases-out high school TAKS and replaces it with
EOC assessments in
Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry
English I, English II, English III
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
U.S. History, World History, World Geography
 Freshman class of 2011-2012 is first group to have
EOC as graduation requirement
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EOC Assessments
Implementation Plan
EOC Exam
Spring 2007
Spring 2008
Spring 2009
Spring 2010
Spring 2011
Spring 2012
Spring 2013
Algebra I
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World History
English III
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End-of-Course Assessments
 Algebra I
Administered in current form since 2005
 Geometry
Field test—spring 2007
Operational test—spring 2008
 Algebra II
Field test—spring 2010
Operational test—spring 2011
 For more information go to the EOC homepage
on the TEA website at
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/a
dmin/eoc/index.html
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TAKS vs. EOC
SIMILARITIES
 Based on TEKS
 Graphing calculator must be provided
 Mostly multiple-choice questions with a limited
number of open-ended (griddable) items
 Field-test items embedded in live test
 Untimed
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TAKS vs. EOC
DIFFERENCES
Coverage of the Algebra I TEKS
 TAKS grade 9 covers about 74% of Algebra I TEKS
 TAKS grade 10 covers about 90% of Algebra I TEKS
 TAKS exit level covers about 90% of Algebra I TEKS
 Algebra I EOC assessment covers about 90% of
Algebra I TEKS
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TAKS vs. EOC
DIFFERENCES
Coverage of the Geometry TEKS
 TAKS grade 9 covers 0% of Geometry TEKS; it
includes grade 8 geometry skills
 TAKS grade 10 covers 0% of Geometry TEKS; it
includes grade 8 geometry skills
 TAKS exit level covers about 54% of Geometry TEKS
 Geometry EOC assessment covers about 89% of
Geometry TEKS
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TAKS vs. EOC
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TAKS grade 10 has 56 items
TAKS exit level has 60 items
TAKS has 1-2 griddable items
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Algebra I EOC has 50 items
Geometry EOC has 44 items
Algebra II EOC has ??? items
EOC assessments have 3-5
griddable items
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Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Mathematics and
Science Teaching
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2008 PAEMST Nominations
K-6 Math Teachers
 Nominations deadline: March 1, 2008
 www.paemst.org
 PAEMST automatically notifies teachers of their
nomination
 Application deadline: May 1, 2008
 Mostly an online process
 Some requirements
Videotape of lesson being taught
Letters of recommendation
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Math List Serve
Please Join…
Our way of
“shouting out”
to you when
you are busy
And something
Important comes
Up for math
In Texas…
www.tea.state.tx.us/list/
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Norma Torres-Martinez
Director of Mathematics
512.463.9581
[email protected]
Erika Pierce
Assistant Director of Mathematics
512.463.9581
[email protected]
Julie Guthrie
Director of Math and Science Assessments
Larry Duncan
Manager of TAKS Mathematics
512.463.9536
[email protected]
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