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The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR): What You Need to Know November 2011 HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR):
What You Need to Know
November 2011
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Overview of STAAR Looking ahead to high school Some frequently asked quesEons Your quesEons
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This informaEon is the latest we have at this Eme. The TEA has yet to finalize several crucial decisions regarding STAAR.
HISD is reevaluaEng and modifying policies, regulaEons and procedures to fit the new structure and purpose of STAAR.
As HISD receives updates from the TEA, specific details will be communicated to all students and parents/guardians.
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State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
Based on Texas EssenEal Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Will be administered in Grades 3-‐8 and as subject-‐area End-‐of-‐Course exams in high school
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QuesEons require higher-‐level thinking
QuesEons are more complex
Designed to measure whether students are on a path to college and meaningful careers
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Time limit None Four hours
Performance categories
Passing and commended
Level I – UnsaEsfactory Academic Performance Level II – SaEsfactory Academic Performance Level III – Advanced Academic Performance
GraduaKon Requirements
Four exit-‐level tests
End-‐of-‐course exams (EOCs) for 12 high school courses
Rigor MulEple steps with some open-‐ended quesEons
High level of cogniEve complexity, mulEple steps, criEcal analysis, open-‐ended quesEons
Goal Measure student achievement
Measure college and career readiness; make Texas students more compeEEve naEonally and internaEonally
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STAAR: A VerKcal System -‐ MathemaKcs
8.1A Compare and order raEonal numbers in various forms including integers, percents, and posiEve and negaEve fracEons and decimals.
7.1A Compare and order integers and posiEve raEonal numbers
6.1A Compare and order non-‐negaEve raEonal numbers
5.1B Use place value to read, write, compare, and order decimals through the thousandths place
4.1B Use place value to read, write, compare, and order decimals involving tenths and hundredths, including money
3.1B Use place value to compare and order whole numbers through 9,999
2.1A Use concrete models of hundreds, tens, and ones to represent a given whole number (up to 999) in various ways
1.1A Compare and order whole numbers up to 99 (less than, greater than, or equal to) using sets of concrete objects and pictorial models
K.1B Use one-‐to-‐one correspondence and language such as more than, same number as, or two less than to describe relaEve sizes of sets of concrete objects
Readiness Standards SupporKng Standards
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Grades 3-‐8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12 & out-‐of-‐school
2011-‐2012 2012-‐2013 2013-‐2014 2014-‐2015 2015-‐2016
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Level I UnsaEsfactory Academic Performance
Level II SaEsfactory Academic Performance
Level III Advanced Academic Performance
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Grade 6: Math and Reading Grade 7: Math, Reading, and WriEng* Grade 8: Math, Reading, Social Studies and Science
* STAAR wriEng assessment at grade 7 will be two days
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For students enrolled in a high school core course: Required to take EOC for courses in which they are enrolled Student’s EOC score must count toward 15% of the final course grade A student may not be required to retake a course as a condiEon of retaking the EOC assessment for that course
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In the 2011-‐2012 school year ONLY, the test will not be used as a promoEon standard. Students will be assessed for promoEon to the next grade by other academic informaEon.
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By focusing on the course level curriculum (TEKS) that is most criEcal for success, known as Readiness Standards By adhering to a Eme limit of four hours More rigorous/increased number of items Greater emphasis on criEcal analysis More difficult tesEng methods, such as open-‐ended quesEons and addiEonal composiEons
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Students will take 12 STAAR end-‐of-‐course assessments developed in foundaEon subjects
Math English
Social Studies Science
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Students on Recommended and DisEnguished Achievement plans need 12 EOCs to graduate.
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Math English Science Social Studies
Algebra I English I (Reading & Writing)
Biology World Geography
Geometry English II (Reading & Writing)
Chemistry World History
Algebra II English III (Reading & Writing)
Physics U.S. History
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EOC exam counts as 15% of final grade. B
… TAC 74.26(c), regarding credit for high school graduaEon, sEpulates that “credit for courses for high school graduaEon may be earned only if the student received a grade which is the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100, based upon the essenEal knowledge and skills for each course.” A student whose final grade for a course is less than the equivalent of a 70 on a scale of 100 may not be given credit for that course, since by law the grade must include the student’s score on the EOC assessment.*
* State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR™) Q&A, 8-‐26-‐11
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The score on a STAAR EOC assessment is required to count for 15% of the student’s final grade in the course
HISD will establish local policies and guidelines to implement the 15% statutory requirement • For STAAR English I, II, and III assessments, which have a separate
reading and wriEng component, districts have discreEon over how the score from each component are used to calculate the 15% grading requirement
TEA is not planning to provide a method to convert EOC scale scores into grading systems because of wide variaEons in grading policies from district to district
There is no corresponding requirement for students taking a modified or alternate assessment, so districts are not required to count STAAR Modified or STAAR Alternate EOC assessment scores as 15% of a student’s final course grade
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If a student’s final grade is less than a 70 aper 15% of an EOC score is applied, then the course credit is denied unEl the student either retakes the course to earn a higher grade and/or retakes the EOC exam to earn a higher score that will elevate the final grade to a minimum of 70
The student does not necessarily have to retake the course
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Students must meet cumulaEve score. C
Math Science Social Studies
English Reading & WriEng
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End of Course Exams (EOCs)
• Students must meet passing standards for 8 to 12 EOCs • Minimum High School Program (8 to 12 EOCs) • Recommended High School Program (12 EOCs) • DisEnguished Achievement Program (12 EOCs)
• EOC tests results must be included as 15% of the student’s final grade for the course
• Minimum High School Program: It is possible that some students will need to perform saEsfactory on as few as eight EOC assessments
• Recommended High School Program: Students must meet SaEsfactory Academic Performance (Level II) in:
• English III • Algebra II
• DisKnguished Achievement Program: Students must meet Advanced Academic Performance standard (Level III) in:
• English III • Algebra II
• Each of the four foundaEon subjects (Math, Reading/ELA, Social Studies, Science) have a minimum score and a cumulaEve score requirement
Credits
Three GraduaEon Programs:
Minimum High School Program (24 credits)
• 4 credits of English; 3 math; 2 science; 3 soc. std.; 1 P.E.; 0.5 health(through healthy lifestyles); 0.5 speech; 1 fine arts; 1 academic elecEve; 6 elecEves; must see counselor for MHSP
Recommended High School Program (26 credits)
• 4 credits each of English, math, science, soc. std.; 2 credits in other languages; 1 P.E.; 0.5 health (through healthy lifestyles); 0.5 speech; 1 fine arts; 5 elecEve credits; default graduaEon program
DisKnguished High School Program (26 credits)
• same as RHSP except 3 credits in other languages; 4 elecEve credits; 4 advanced measures
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Spanish versions for eligible English Language Learners in grades 3-‐5 LinguisEcally accommodated versions of STAAR called STAAR L STAAR Modified and STAAR Alternate for Special EducaEon students
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The Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) commiqee will decide which STAAR assessments (STAAR, STAAR Modified or STAAR Alternate) a student served through the special educaEon program should take based on his/her abiliEes and eligibility requirements Individual ARD commiqees will conEnue to consider the needs of each student and select addiEonal accommodaEons and supplemental aids that are necessary to support the student’s success during assessment
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In 2012 and beyond: Middle school students enrolled in high school-‐level courses will be required to take the corresponding end-‐of-‐course (EOC) assessment
Decisions at the state level have not yet been made about how these test scores for these students will be used in state or federal accountability
Once more informaEon is released about the effects on accountability, the district will make a final decision on whether middle school students enrolled in high school level courses are required to also take the corresponding STAAR grade level assessment
Houstonisd.org/STAAR
www.tea.state.tx.us
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