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What Parents Need to Know

TABS (Texas Assessment of Basic Skills)

TEAMS (Texas Educational Assessment
of Minimum Skills)

TAAS (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills)

TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)
 STAAR
(State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness)
 Criterion-reference
test measuring the
state mandated curriculum (TEKS)
 Timed Test (Unlike TAKS)
 Passing Standard set by raw score
converted to a scale score
 ‘Met Standard’ (“Cut Score”)
established
by State Board of Education in Austin
What does TEKS stand for?
 TEKS
is the acronym for the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.

The TEKS represent the basic
curriculum for each subject area
at each grade level in Texas.
What is the purpose of TEKS?
 The
TEKS outline the "scope and
sequence" of what students are
supposed to learn at each grade level.
The TEKS indicate what students
should learn and when they should
Learn it.

How do the TEKS relate to STAAR reporting
categories and the STAAR test?
The STAAR reporting categories are drawn
from the TEKS.
 Not all TEKS are tested in the yearly
STAAR
test.
 The STAAR test focuses on the TEKS that
the
state has deemed appropriate for pencil
paper tests.
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Reporting Category 1: Understanding Across Genres The
student will demonstrate an ability to understand a variety
of written texts across reading genres.

Reporting Category 2: Understanding and Analysis of
Literary Texts The student will demonstrate an ability to
understand and analyze literary texts.

Reporting Category 3: Understanding and Analysis of
Informational Texts The student will demonstrate an
ability to understand and analyze informational texts.
See packet for a
complete reading
passage and questions
that are appropriate
for your child’s grade.
Notice
how long the passage is.
Building stamina is something
we work on in class.
Reading
Pencil Strategy Card
(see example)
 Daily small group
interventions
Regrouping based on student’s
needs
Extended Day
 Read
and discuss a variety of materials
with your child.
 Help your child to understand the
meaning of new words using context
clues.
 Ask who, what, when, where, and why
questions to help your child understand
the main idea, purpose, and implied
meaning of what is read.
READ
20 minutes per night
Increase
READING to 30 minutes per
night
Then
Increase READING 45 minutes
per night to build stamina!
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Reporting Category 1:Numbers, Operations, and
Quantitative Reasoning
The student will demonstrate an understanding of
numbers, operations, and quantitative reasoning.
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Reporting Category 2:Patterns, Relationships, and
Algebraic Reasoning
The student will demonstrate an understanding of
patterns, relationships, and algebraic reasoning.

Reporting Category 3:Geometry and Spatial
Reasoning
The student will demonstrate an understanding of
geometry and spatial reasoning.
 Reporting
Category 4:Measurement
The student will demonstrate an understanding
of the concepts and uses of measurement.
 Reporting
Category 5:Probability and Statistics
The student will demonstrate an understanding of
probability and statistics.
See packet for a
sample math problems
and questions that are
appropriate for your
child’s grade.
RUCCDEC
Problem Solving
(see example)
 Daily small group
interventions
Regrouping based on student’s
needs
Extended Day
 When
your child gets “stuck” on a
problem, don’t just provide a solution.
 Instead,
suggest trying again or using
another strategy to find the answer.

Let your child know that he/she can be
successful in mathematics.
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Be sure your child is fact proficient
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that is, they know their math facts.
Thanks you for
attending our
STAAR Parent
Night!!!