By Dr. Harry Tennant
Thursday, November 11, 2010 STAAR: Texas Education Agency LetterDistributed by the Texas Education Agency October 15, 2010 TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED: SUBJECT: Resources for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) This letter provides school districts and charter schools with important information about the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), the new state assessment program that will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) in spring 2012. For grades 3–8, the STAAR program will assess the same subjects and grades that are currently assessed on TAKS. At high school, however, grade-specific assessments will be replaced with a series of 12 end-of-course assessments: Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, English I, English II, English III, biology, chemistry, physics, world geography, world history, and U.S. history. Attachment A provides an overview of the STAAR program. The Texas Education Agency with the assistance of Texas educators has developed a number of resources related to the STAAR program. These resources, which are available on a new STAAR webpage at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/, include the following:
In December 2010, a plan required by the Texas legislature will be posted to the Texas Education Agency’s website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/. This plan detailing the transition from TAKS to STAAR will include specific information about topics such as the STAAR test designs, the assessment requirements for graduation, the measurement of college readiness, standard setting, and plans for meeting the assessment needs of English language learners and students receiving special education services. Additional STAAR resources will be provided throughout this next year, including explanatory material similar to that found in the current TAKS Information Booklets. These resources will be made available on the STAAR webpage as they are finalized. If you have questions or need further clarification about this information, please contact the Student Assessment Division. Texas Education Agency Assessment Contact Information Department of Assessment, Accountability, and Data Quality, Criss Cloudt, Associate Commissioner Division of Student Assessment, Gloria Zyskowski, Deputy Associate Commissioner (512) 463-9536 studenta@tea.state.tx.us Posted at 3:39 PM Keywords: STAAR , TAKS , Accountability , Standardized Testing , Assessment , Texas 17 Comments |
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