D ISTRICT TESTING COORDINATOR ADVISORY June 16, 2014

2015 S PECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT UPDATE TETN Event June 5, 2014 Texas Education Agency

A SSESSMENT OPTIONS STAAR STAAR Spanish STAAR L STAAR A (not available in Spanish or braille) STAAR Alternate

STAAR-A Accommodated version of STAAR Online assessment with embedded accommodations Same rigor as STAAR Students can graduate on MHSP, RHSP, or DHSP Can take combination of tests

C OGNITIVE LAB 67 elementary, middle, and high school students All ability levels and all disabilities (LD, ED, VI, OHI, etc.) taking STAAR modified Subjects:  Grade 4 reading and mathematics  Grade 7 writing prompt  Grade 8 science and social studies  English I reading  English I writing  Algebra I

STAAR A: SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS Accessibility Panel * all tools are available to every student  Text to speech  Zoom  Contrast  Masking  Line highlighter Tools  Magnifier  Highlighter  Pencil  Eraser  Elimination tool  Ruler (math)  Graphing lines, dots (math)  Graph paper (math)  Rollover (science, social studies)

I MPORTANT D ATES June 2014 Focus Group topics: *eligibility criteria for STAAR A *changes to accessibility panel *time limits Finalized testing calendar Fall 2014 Updated ARD committee training for assessment decisions *amendment ARDs must be held in fall if student will participate in STAAR A. Allowable testing accommodations posted *Current allowable testing accommodations apply through December 2014 Eligibility criteria Tutorials *grade level clusters (3-5, 6-8, EOC) and multi-subject ARD resources

R EMINDERS TAKS  October 2014, TAKS will become an online test only  TAKS Accommodated no longer available  ARD committee should determine accommodations based on the Accommodations Manual EOC  ARD committee determines if a student continues testing OR determines no further testing is necessary based on the instruction the student is receiving STAAR Modified  Only raw scores will be reported for US History since standards will not be set  Released tests – August 2014  Grades 3-8 mathematics  Grades 6 and 8 reading  Grades 5 and 8 science  Grade 8 social studies  Algebra I  Biology  English I and II  U.S. History  Grades 3,4,5 and 7 reading (partial release)*  Grades 4 and 7 writing (partial release)* *no item level analysis STAAR Alternate TETN in early to mid September

A CCOUNTABILITY UPDATE Update to Nuts and Bolts Campus Comparison Groups Index Calculation Tool

D ISCUSSION What is your district doing to document students who are not required to take an end of course assessment?

D ISTRICT A DVISORY C OMMITTEE J UNE 10, 2014 Julia Amponsah-Gilder, Houston ISD

C ALENDAR UPDATES DTC Advisory BRATS TETNs Pearson