Transcript STAAR-Trek2010TAC

Staar Trek
The Next Generation
Test Design
STAAR Trek: The Next Generation
This Year’s Mantra will be
Flexibility
What we know as of 9/1/2011…
Subject to change
State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness (STAAR)
 STAAR will focus on “clearer, fewer, and deeper”.
 Provide a more clearly articulated assessment
program
 Focus on fewer skills
 Address skills in a deeper manner
Implemented in 2011-2012 School Year
STAAR Assessments for Grades 3-8
A 3-8 mathematics
A 3-8 reading
A 4 and 7 writing
A 5 and 8 science
A 8 social studies
State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness (STAAR)
A Begins with the 2011–2012 school year. The new
test design will focus on readiness for success in
subsequent grades or courses and, ultimately, for
college and career.
A Grades 3 – 8 tests are in same grades and subjects
as TAKS (Grade 3 will answer on answer
documents, not in test booklets)
A At high school 12 end-of-course assessments
rather than a grade-specific test (grade 11)
covering four subject areas
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STAAR Readiness and Supporting
Standards
Readiness Standards
A Encompass 30–40% of the eligible TEKS
A Will make up 60–65% of the assessment
Supporting Standards
A Encompass 60–70% of the eligible TEKS
A Will make up 35–40% of the assessment
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STAAR
Eligible Content Standards
From TEKS
30%
70%
Readiness Standards
Supporting Standards
Assessment Blueprint
35%
65%
Readiness Standards
Supporting Standards
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STAAR Readiness Standards
 In general, Readiness Standards
 Are essential for success in the current grade or
course
 Are important for preparedness for the next grade
or course
 Support college and career readiness
 Necessitate in-depth instruction
 Address broad and deep ideas
STAAR Supporting Standards
 In general, Supporting Standards
 May be introduced in the current grade or course
and emphasized in a subsequent year.
 May be emphasized in a previous year and
reinforced in the current grade or course.
 May play a role in preparing students for the next
grade or course but not a central role.
 May address more narrowly defined ideas.
STAAR Blueprints
Physics Blueprint
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STAAR Policies
Previously Communicated
 Testing policies that have been communicated
 4-hour time limit
 Make-up testing
 Assessments that require dictionaries and
calculators
 Embedded and perforated reference materials
 Scorable grade 3 answer documents
 Dyslexia accommodations to include students in
grade 3 through high school, but TEA has not
finalized the policies yet
STAAR Policies to be Discussed
 Testing policies still being discussed
 Testing requirements for all students
 Accommodations
 Test release plan
 Substitute assessments
STAAR End-of-Course High School
Assessments
English I, English II, English III
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
World Geography, World History, U.S. History
Starts in 2011-2012 School Year
With Entering 9th Graders
Design Differences
A STAAR grades 3-8 assessments will be administered on paper
only; STAAR EOC assessments will be offered in both online and
paper formats.
A TEA has adopted a four-hour testing limit on STAAR
assessments in order to align Texas’ testing policies with other
state and national assessments and better prepare students
for timed tests such as SAT, ACT, and AP.
A The overall field-test burden of STAAR on students and school
districts has been significantly reduced from that of TAKS
through the embedding of field test items whenever possible
beginning with operational assessments in 2012; although,
TEA has said some sampling of upper level EOC will be done on
a limited basis in spring 2012.
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Design Differences
STAAR grade 4 & 7 writing assessments will be
administered over two days, as will EOC English
reading and writing, with the writing component on
day one and the reading component on day two.
Students will now be required to write two essays
instead of one like was required with TAKS.
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Four Hour time limit
A Four hours means four hours. Excluding the lunch break, the
clock doesn’t stop for breaks. Students may take breaks, but
breaks will take away from testing time. Teachers should work
on less time consuming test-taking strategies.
A Students who qualify will be able to receive extended time,
which means having the full day to test, not two days.
A TEA strongly recommends that all testing be finished prior to or
after taking a lunch break.
Special Populations
A As with the current modified assessments, the STAAR
Modified assessments will cover the same content as the
general STAAR assessments, but will be modified in format
and test design.
A Modified assessments will be developed for all content areas
for grades 3-8 that are part of the general STAAR program
and for nine of the twelve STAAR EOC assessments. Modified
assessments are not being developed for Algebra II, chemistry,
or physics.
A The new STAAR Modified assessments will reflect the same
increased rigor and focus of the general assessments and now
will include more rigorous item types.
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STAAR Alternate
ASTAAR Alternate will be fully operational in 201112.
ATAKS-Alt will no longer exist.
ASTAAR Alternate assessments will reflect the
same increased rigor and focus of the general and
modified assessments.
ASTAAR Alternate high school assessments will be
developed for Algebra I, geometry, biology,
English I, English II, English III, world geography,
world history, and U.S. history.
Special Populations
A The STAAR Alternate assessments will be very similar in design
to the current TAKS-Alt assessments. Students will continue to
perform standardized assessment tasks linked to the gradelevel TEKS that measure student progress on skills aligned with
the academic grade-level content standards.
A However, STAAR Alternate will incorporate a vertical alignment
in the program’s assessment tasks, and the high school
assessments will move from grade-level assessments to coursebased assessments.
A The new STAAR Alternate assessments will reflect the same
increased rigor and focus of the general and modified
assessments.
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Special Populations
A There will not be a separate accommodated form of the
STAAR test.
A Students who qualify will still be able to use approved
accommodations on the regular STAAR test.
A All STAAR tests will have “accommodated-like” features
including the Verdana font and more white space.
A Students receiving special accommodations will now take a
longer version of the test since they will be required to take
the regular version of STAAR with imbedded field test items.
STAAR Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements
 Freshman class of 2011–2012 is first group to have
EOC assessments as part of their graduation
requirement.
 All 12 EOC assessments will be available in 2011–
2012 in both paper and online modes for these
students.
STAAR Resources
 Resources available
 Assessed curriculum
 Assessment blueprints
 Description of the new assessment model
 Comparison between TAKS and STAAR
 Performance labels and policy definitions
 Reference materials
 Test designs
 Scoring rubrics
 Griddable item format
 •Resources still to come—sample items
STAAR Resources
• Posted on the TEA student assessment website at
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
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