1. A STAAR Is Born Criss Cloudt Gloria Zyskowski Starring And
As Associate Commissioner, Assessment and Accountability,
And
Gloria Zyskowski
As Division Director, Student Assessment,

2. TEA Update on EOC Assessments
September 2011
STAAR
New assessment program for
grades 3–8
high school
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3. Texas Education Agency
True or false?
The sample items released by TEA are bad items that they didn’t want to use on real tests.
FALSE
The released items are valid test questions pulled from the item development that could have appeared on the STAAR tests.
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4. Texas Education Agency
True or false?
STAAR is going to be really, really hard.
FALSE
STAAR will be more rigorous than TAKS, but content is 100% tied to the required curriculum. The state is not building tests that nobody can pass.
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5. The basics
For grades 3–8, STAAR tests are in same grades and subjects as TAKS.
3–8 mathematics
3–8 reading
4 and 7 writing
5 and 8 science
8 social studies
For high school, twelve STAAR end-of-course tests replace ten grade-level tests.
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6. Texas Education Agency
Testing procedures
A student will begin the test after instruction from their proctors. The students will then have 4 hours to complete the test. For lunch, students are led to the appropriate place while the proctor locks up the tests. The 4 hour time limit does not apply whenever the student is eating lunch.
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7. Texas Education Agency
Finishing early is acceptable, however after turning in the test or after the time limit is reached, the test will be taken away and the test may not be retrieved back and afterwards transferred to a confidential secure place where the tests will be transferred to TEA.
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8. Texas Education Agency
When the student finishes, the student must remain in their seats at all times and read. They can’t talk to any other person except the proctor, who may service the students for restroom breaks and to complete the test. The proctor can’t help a student cheat and is by law not allowed to speak of the STAAR at any time except when taking it.
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9. Texas Education Agency
After everybody in the room has completed the test, they must remain in the room and read until all students are dismissed. Talking is strictly forbidden and especially any mention of the STAAR, which may cause a student to be accused of cheating and have test scores invalidated.
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10. Texas Education Agency
Like the TAKS test, STAAR employs standardized tests to assess student’s skills in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. The TEA states that the STAAR tests will be more rigorous then the TAKS tests and are designed to measure a student’s college and career readiness, starting in elementary school.
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11. Texas Education Agency
Important Reminders
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12. Texas Education Agency
Make certain your child receives an ample amount of rest the night before the test.
Students need to have a balanced breakfast.
Pencils are provided. We will use only #2 pencils in case you want to send additional pencils. No mechanical pencils will be allowed.
Please consider the weather on testing days.
Cell phones are not allowed.
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13. Texas Education Agency
In closing
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