Staar Trek The Next Generation STAAR Trek: The Next Generation
Performance Standards
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This Years Mantra will be Flexibility What we know as of
9/1/2011 Subject to change
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STAAR Performance Labels Performance Labels There will be two
cut scores, which will identify three performance categories for
the general STAAR assessments. The labels for the performance
categories are Level III: Advanced Academic Performance Level II:
Satisfactory Academic Performance Level I: Unsatisfactory Academic
Performance
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STAAR Performance Standards Performance Standards for EOC
Assessments Standards will be set in February 2012 prior to first
high stakes administration in spring 2012. First reports with
performance standards applied will be available in June 2012. First
retests will be offered in July 2012.
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STAAR Performance Standards Performance Standards for Grades 38
Standards will be set in October 2012 after first administration in
spring 2012. Raw score information will be available in late spring
2012. First reports with performance standards applied will be
available in late fall 2012.
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STAAR End-of-Course High School Assessments Testing
requirements for graduation will significantly increase. While TAKS
represented four hurdles for students, STAAR represents 12 hurdles
for students taking the recommended high school program. To
graduate under STAAR, a student must achieve a cumulative score
that is at least equal to the product of the number of EOC
assessments taken in each foundation content area (English language
arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and a scale score
that indicates satisfactory performance. 6
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STAAR Graduation Requirements Graduation Requirements A student
must achieve a minimum score, as determined by the commissioner,
for the score to count towards the students cumulative score. A
students cumulative score is determined using the students highest
score on each EOC assessment.
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STAAR Graduation Requirements 8 Graduation Requirements For
middle school students who take a high school course (e.g., Algebra
I) prior to spring 2012, TEA is considering several options.
Students would not be required to take that particular EOC
assessment. Their cumulative score for that content area would
decrease. Students could choose to take that particular EOC
assessment in spring 2012 or beyond. If they take the assessment,
the score they receive would only be used in their cumulative score
if it benefitted the students.
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STAAR Graduation Requirements 9 Graduation Requirements For
freshmen who complete a high school course in fall 2011 (e.g.,
students on an accelerated block schedule), TEA is considering
several options. Students would not be required to take that
particular EOC assessment. Their cumulative score for that content
area would decrease. Students could choose to take that particular
EOC assessment in spring 2012 or beyond. If they take the
assessment, the score they receive would only be used in their
cumulative score if it benefitted the students.
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STAAR Graduation Requirements 10 Graduation Requirements For
students who are new to Texas public schools (e.g., from
out-of-state, out-of-country, or private schools) and who have
earned credit for a high school course that has an EOC assessment
associated with it, TEA is considering several options in addition
to the options that currently exist. Students would not be required
to take that particular EOC assessment. Their cumulative score for
that content area would decrease. Students could choose to take
that particular EOC assessment. If they take the assessment, the
score they receive would only be used in their cumulative score if
it benefitted the students.
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STAAR Graduation Requirements 11 Graduation Requirements In the
future, TEA is planning multiple administrations of EOC assessments
for Students who complete the course at different times of the year
Retest opportunities TEA is planning EOC administrations at the end
of Spring Summer Fall
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STAAR Graduation Requirements Graduation Requirements Freshman
class of 20112012 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.
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STAAR End-of-Course High School Assessments In addition to
meeting cumulative score requirement in each of four core content
areas, students on the recommended high school program have to
perform satisfactorily on Algebra II assessment English III
assessment 13
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A students score on an EOC assessment will be worth 15% of
students final grade for that course 14 STAAR End-of-Course High
School Assessments
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In addition to meeting cumulative score requirement in each of
four core content areas, students on the distinguished achievement
program have to perform satisfactorily on the college and career
readiness component of Algebra II assessment English III assessment
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STAAR Graduation Requirements Graduation Requirements for the
Recommended High School Program Take all 12 STAAR EOC assessments
Meet cumulative score requirement in each of the four core content
areas Achieve Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance on
English III Achieve Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance on
Algebra II
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STAAR Graduation Requirements Graduation Requirements for the
Minimum High School Program Take STAAR EOC assessments for courses
in which they are enrolled and for which an EOC assessment exists
(812 tests) Meet cumulative score requirement in each of the four
core content areas for courses specifically required on the MHSP
(could be as few as 8 tests)
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STAAR Performance Standard EOC Assessments English III and
Algebra II assessments will include a performance standard, Level
III: Advanced Academic Performance, that indicates postsecondary
readiness. Research will be conducted to investigate a
postsecondary- readiness component for science and social studies
EOC assessments.
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STAAR End-of-Course High School Assessments Students are not
required to retake a course if he or she received credit for the
course as a condition of retaking the assessment School districts
shall provide accelerated instruction to each student who fails to
perform satisfactorily on assessments 19
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PASSING STAAR Graduation Requirements 20 NOT PASSING HIGH
PERFORMANCE MINIMUM SCORE Graduation Requirements Students must
reach at least the minimum score
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Standard Setting Process STAAR performance standards will be
set so that they require a higher level of student performance than
is required on the current TAKS assessments. STAAR performance
standards for STAAR EOC will be set in February 2012 and reports
will be available in June 2012 after the first May 2012
administration. Performance standards for STAAR at grades 38 will
be set in fall 2012, after the first spring administration of
STAAR. This standard-setting schedule will result in the following:
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Standard Setting Process The Student Success Initiative (SSI)
promotion requirements will not include use of the STAAR results in
the 20112012 school year only, since passing standards will not yet
be established. Statute will require the use of other academic
information (teacher recommendations, student grades, etc.) in
promotion decisions. Reporting of STAAR grades 3-8 results will be
delayed until fall 2012. Different measures of student progress
will likely be implemented for STAAR. Texas will implement a
multi-step process to identify the student progress measures that
will be used for the STAAR assessment program. 22
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Performance Standards Each general grade 3-8 and EOC STAAR
assessment will have a satisfactory cut score and an advanced cut
score. There will also be EOC minimum scores set below but within a
reasonable range of the satisfactory scores that will be used to
determine whether a students score on a particular EOC assessment
may count toward his or her cumulative score in that content area.
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Performance Standards Performance at the highest cut score will
be interpreted differently depending on the assessment. The highest
cut will indicate college readiness for Algebra II and English III.
It will indicate advanced course readiness for Algebra I, English
I, and II. It will indicate advanced performance for the remaining
courses. 24
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Performance Standards It is anticipated that the satisfactory
performance standards for STAAR will be phased in over several
years, but the highest performance standard (including the college
and career readiness standards for Algebra II and English III)
would not be phased in, but applied as approved when STAAR becomes
operational. Performance standards will be reviewed at least every
three years, as required by state statute. 25
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What data will be available when TAKS spring 2011 was the last
year for grades 3-9. The last TAKS year for grade 10 is 2012; last
primary administration of exit level TAKS is spring 2013 STAAR EOC
first reports will be available in late spring 2012; first retest
will be offered in summer 2012 STAAR 3-8 first reports with
performance standards applied will be available in late fall 2012
Students and parents are able to access results through a data
portal, a secure system that provides the ability to view reports,
track student progress, provide assessment data to institutions of
higher education, and provide information to the general public.
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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 comesample items
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STAAR Resources 28 Posted on the TEA student assessment website
at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/