Feb 19 Accountability WebinarK IM G ILSON

SR CONSULTANT

DATA AND ACCOUNTABIL ITY

REGION 10 ESC

972-348-1480

K IM.G ILSON@REGION10.ORGIt 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/

2015-2016 Testing Calendar

Test.calendar@tea.state.ts.us deadline Feb 27

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