Features of this guide include links to the variety of online resource materials in the notes column. The 2015 accountability subset rules apply to the staar performance results evaluated across all four indexes. Staar eoc out of schoolout of district examinee registration form staar eoc. Staar alternate 2 region 10 education service center.
Tea posts new student success initiative ssi manual. The new student success initiative ssi manual has been posted on the texas education agency website with updated information as of. Pdf 2016 staar released test order form pdf 2015 staar released test order. Use the following links to view the manuals for the state of texas assessments of academic readiness staar, and the texas english language proficiency. You can find test administration manuals from other testing programs on the test administration manuals webpage. The 2015 accountability ratings and reports are available at the links below. If the slide is changed for local use, please remove the tea footer at the bottom of the slide.
Texas education agency pearson austin operations 0731 2015. This training does not take the place of reading the manuals and documents available on the tea website. This assessment package includes a test with 6 reading selections fiction, poetry2, expository2, and persuasive. How to use the 20182019 staar test administrator manual grades 68. Publications distribution office texas education agency p. The instructions in this manual explain the responsibilities of test administrators for the. Ssi activities guide ssi topics appendixlaws and rules the. The links below contain specific resources for the staar assessment program. Texas assessment management system additional reports and. The legislation, as quoted below, indicates that the assessment. Special education services who take staar or staar a.
Campus coordinators will provide test administrators with specific training and separate instructions unique to staar l. All 2015 staar released tests except 38 mathematics have been posted on the student assessment website. Staar alternate 2 notes 4 2018 staar alternate 2 test administrator manual icons the icons shown below are used throughout the manual. The texas education agency announced tuesday it would create fiveyear benchmarks to allow schools and districts to better demonstrate progress.
This icon indicates a link to the calendar of events. Kelly baehren waller isd administrative workshop july 28, 2015 2. The state of texas assessments of academic readiness staar program, which was. User roles and permissions for the staar alternate 2, telpas, and.
Staar alternate 2 go to the following website to access full size slides of todays training. Staar grades 3 8 math assessments to be excluded from. Analytic portal teacher portal staar system staar alt 2, telpas. Tea releases two types of test questions for the staar programsample questions. Click a link to access accountability summaries, which show accountability ratings and distinction designations, and tables showing the data used to assign the ratings and award distinctions. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings. All question stems are taken from documents that have been released by tea from 2011 2015. Staar alternate 2, telpas, and telpas alternate assessment management systems. Staar released test questions texas education agency. A partial release of grades 38 mathematics questions, including grades 35 spanish, has also been released. Staar alternate 2, telpas, and telpas alternate assessment management systems users guide. Comments about chapters 111 may be submitted to performance. Texas assessment management system test administration.
Please see the 2015 pbmas manual for additional information. System safeguards state system safeguards excludes 38 mathematics, staar a, and staar alt 2 results federal system safeguards posted october 15, 2015 includes 38 mathematics, staar a, and staar alt 2 results distinction designation distinction designation report updated 1110 2015. Tea implemented staar to fulfill requirements enacted by the texas legislature. Teks vertical alignment for staar alternate mathematics. Test administration manuals and materials texas education agency.
Staar modified is an alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement. Student success texas staar student success initiative. Use the links below to access parts of the manual as portable document format pdf files. The staar test administration manuals explain the responsibilities of test administrators and testing coordinators. The state of texas assessments of academic readiness, or staar, is the state testing program that was implemented in the 20112012 school year. I will keep this post updated with the link once the accommodations for the 2016 staar tests have been posted. Staar combined scores statewide 2015 ard committee responsibilities. Staar changes for 201415 texas classroom teachers association. Staar alternate 2 released tests texas education agency. Staar a and staar alternate educator guide texas education. Notes this icon in the notes column indicates additional information that is available online. Chapters 111 are posted for public comment in the may 1, 2019, edition of the texas register as part of the administrative rulemaking process.
This product contains question stems that have been used by the texas education agency to test students knowledge of poetry and literary nonfiction on the staar test. The text located below the icons links to specific online. Texas education agency 2015 accountability reports. Both staar a and staar alternate 2 will be administered for the first time in 2015. There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen. Educator guide for staar alternate 2 and the test administration manual. Electronic copies of the staar released tests may be downloaded from the staar released test questions page on the texas education agency s student assessment division website. State of texas assessments of academic readiness staar. Grades 38 districts and campuses are responsible for students reported as enrolled in the fall referred to as october snapshot in the spring assessment results. The 2019 rda includes several key changes from the 2018 performancebased monitoring analysis system pbmas. Tea releases two types of test questions for the staar alternate 2.
Tea implemented staar in spring 2012 to fulfill requirements enacted by the texas. The state of texas assessments of academic readiness, commonly referred to as its acronym staar s t r star, are a series of standardized tests used in texas public primary and secondary schools to assess a students achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. State of texas assessments of academic readiness wikipedia. The 2018 staar test administrator manuals are scheduled to be. This webpage contains staar resources for grades 4 and 7 writing, english i. Texas education agency student assessment division february 2015 staar general questions 1. Staar is an assessment designed to measure the extent to which students have learned and are. Staar notes 26 2018 staar test administrator manual grades 35. Additional information, including applicable fees and instructions, is included on each order form. Texas education agency 2015 accountability ratings. Training modules for the staar alternate 2, telpas, and telpas alternate assessment management systems. If this type of support will be needed, contact a member of teas accommodations task force for permission and additional instructions.
Teas student assessment division website technology systems and. Staar grades 35 2020 test administrator manual texas. Staar alternate 2 reports and services pdf telpas reports and services pdf 2019 telpas alternative reports and services pdf staar released tests. Many of these changes are marked in the manual as for. The texas education agency has created a page for the 2016 accommodations for students with disabilities. Staar test administration manuals texas education agency.
Place value and equivalent forms of numbers know that objects, or parts of. Supplemental instructions for paper administrations of staar with embedded supports. The texas education agency tea has created optional online interim assessments that align to the texas essential knowledge and skills teks. Initiative webpage on teas student assessment division website. This packet contains directions, a student answer document, an individual student profile, and a class profile. Trademark notice staar is a registered trademark of the texas education agency tea. The 2019 accountability manual is currently in development. As a result of house bill 5 of the 83rd texas legislative session, the texas education agency tea redesigned the staar alternate assessment to meet the diverse needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities enrolled in grades 3 through 8 and endofcourse eoc subjects. Use this 8th grade staar reading practice to help your students get ready for the test. The staar alternate 2 released tests include a test administrator manual and a student. The following was included in tctas 201516 survival guide, the ultimate.
Student assessment division, texas education agency june 2015 implementation of new mathematic teks new method to report process skills release test questions general staar update tea staar mathematics update june 2015 2. Texas assessment management system technology systems. The accommodations manual has not yet been released. To improve the district and campus testing coordinators user experience, the texas education agency s student assessment division has switched the district and campus coordinator manual to a digital platform. Staar reading and writing tests contain varying amounts of authentic. Tea details how it will calculate af letter grades. March 2015 expository scoring guidespanish version posted 81415. Staar helps to ensure that texas students are competitive with other. It is used by tea as one part of its annual evaluation of school districts program and performance effectiveness. If you would like to have the tools and procedures to chart your students knowledge based on the texas essential knowledge and skills objectives and the 2015 staar test, is easy. The staar interim assessment system is an optional tea tool to help districts identify. It tests curriculum taught from the texas essential knowledge and skills, which in turn is.
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