MATH AND SCIENCE UPDATE
Presentation of TEA Updates at Texas Assessment
Conference
Facilitated by
Michelle Wilson
Region 16 ESC
TEA UPDATE ON THE
STAAR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
PROGRAM
Original presentation designed and presented by
Julie Guthrie, Director of Math & Science Assessments
Larry Duncan, Manager of Math Assessments
Jonathan Harris, Manager of Science Assessments
Student Assessment Division
Texas Education Agency
Texas Assessment Program
December 2011
AGENDA
Overview of the STAAR mathematics and
science program
STAAR EOC assessment requirements
STAAR testing performance overview
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OVERVIEW OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS ASSESSMENTS
OF ACADEMIC READINESS
(STAAR) MATHEMATICS PROGRAM
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State of Texas Assessments
of Academic Readiness
• STAAR will
– Be a more clearly articulated assessment
program
– Focus on fewer skills
– Address skills in deeper manner
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Clearly Articulate
• General resources available at
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
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Description of the new assessment model
Informational brochures
PowerPoint presentations
Updated questions and answers
Comparison of TAKS and STAAR
Total mandatory testing days
Performance labels and policy definitions
Optional test administration procedures and materials
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Clearly Articulate
• Subject-specific resources available at
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
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Release test questions
Assessed curriculum
Assessment blueprints
Assessing process skills
Reference materials
Griddable item format
Graph paper
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Clearly Articulate
Reference Materials
• Consist of formulas, constants, conversions,
periodic table, etc.
• Are used for grades 3–8, Algebra I, geometry,
and Algebra II
• Are used for grade 8, chemistry, and physics
• Are not used for grade 5 or biology
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Focus on Fewer
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
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Focus on Fewer
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
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When identifying Readiness Standards
High school educators considered the College and
Career Readiness Standards (CCRS)
Middle school educators considered the Readiness
Standards for high school
Elementary school educators considered the
Readiness Standards for middle school
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Focus on Fewer
Linking Standards Through the Curriculum-Math
• CCRS—translate among multiple representations of
equations and relationships
• Algebra II—relate representations of quadratic
functions, such as algebraic, tabular, graphical, and
verbal descriptions
• Algebra I—represent relationships among quantities
using concrete models, tables, graphs, diagrams, verbal
descriptions, equations, and inequalities
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Focus on Fewer
Linking Standards Through the Curriculum-Science
 CCRS—understand forces and Newton’s Laws.
 Physics—calculate the effect of forces on objects
 Grade 8—demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced
forces change the speed or direction of an object’s motion
 Grade 5—design an experiment that tests the effect of
force on an object
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Focus on Fewer
Linking Standards Through the Curriculum
• Grade 8—generate a different representation of data given
another representation of data (such as a table, graph,
equation, or verbal description)
• Grade 7—use words and symbols to describe the
relationship between the terms in an arithmetic sequence
(with a constant rate of change) and their positions in the
sequence
• Grade 6—use tables and symbols to represent and describe
proportional and other relationships such as those involving
conversions, arithmetic sequences (with a constant rate of
change), perimeter and area
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Focus on Fewer
Linking Standards Through the Curriculum
• Grade 5—describe the relationship between sets of
data in graphic organizers such as lists, tables, charts,
and diagrams
• Grade 4—describe the relationship between two sets
of related data such as ordered pairs in a table
• Grade 3—identify and describe patterns in a table of
related number pairs based on a meaningful problem
and extend the table
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STAAR Geometry Blueprint
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STAAR Grade 5 Science Blueprint
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Deeper Manner
• More questions with a higher cognitive complexity
level to match TEKS
• Assessing process skills with content skills
• Greater number of open-ended (griddable)
questions
• More questions that have multiple steps
• More questions that have context
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Deeper Manner
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Deeper Manner
• Mathematics process skills for grades 3–8
will be assessed in context not in isolation.
• They will be incorporated into at least 75%
of the test questions.
• For the current versions of the spring 2012
mathematics tests, the range of questions
that incorporate process skills is 75% to 87%.
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Deeper Manner
• Scientific process skills will be assessed in
context not in isolation.
• They will be incorporated into at least 40% of
the test questions.
• For the current versions of the spring 2012
science tests, the range of questions that
incorporate process skills is 43% to 66%.
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Deeper Manner
Griddable questions
• A type of open-ended
question used on all
mathematics assessments
• Purpose is to give students
opportunities to derive
answers independently
without being influenced by
answer choices provided with
the questions
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STAAR END-OF-COURSE
ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• Who is required to test?
• When and how does the 15% grading
requirement apply?
• What are the cumulative score requirements?
• Who is required to achieve specific
performance levels?
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• Who is required to test?
• Any student enrolled in grades 3–9* who is enrolled
in and completing a high school course that has a
related assessment including
– Students who are earning credit through
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Correspondence courses
Dual credit courses
AP/IB courses
Credit by exam
– Students on the Minimum High School Program
*First enrolled in grade 9 in the 2011–2012 school year
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• How does the 15% grading requirement apply?
• The 15% grading requirement must apply to the
final course grade which is used to award course
credit.
• Districts should establish local policies to
implement this statutory requirement.
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• When does the 15% grading requirement apply?
• The 15% grading requirement applies to the final
course grade as students are earning course credit
including
– Students in grades 3–8 who are earning high school credit
– Students who earn credit by semester
– Students receiving special education services who take the
general assessment
– Students on the Minimum High School Program
– Students enrolled in dual credit courses
– Students enrolled in correspondence courses
• The 15% grading requirement does not apply to
students taking STAAR Modified or STAAR Alternate.
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• What are the cumulative score requirements?
• A student must achieve a cumulative score that is at
least equal to the product of the number of EOC
assessments taken in that content area and a scale
score that indicates satisfactory performance (Level II).
• For each of the four core content areas,
the cumulative score ≥ n x passing scale score,
where n = number of assessments taken.
• A student must achieve a minimum score for the score
to count towards the student’s cumulative score.
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• What are the cumulative score requirements?
• Cumulative score requirements will vary by student
depending on
– Graduation plan (RHSP and DAP versus MHSP)
– Whether course credit was earned prior to spring 2012
– Whether course credit was earned outside of Texas public
schools
– Whether he or she is receiving special education services
• Cumulative score information will be available in the
Texas Assessment Management System.
• Cumulative score requirements do not apply to
students taking STAAR Modified or STAAR Alternate.
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• Who is required to achieve specific performance levels?
• Students graduating on the Distinguished Achievement
Program must meet Level III: Advanced Academic
Performance (postsecondary readiness) on
– English III
– Algebra II
• Students graduating on the Recommended High School
Program must meet Level II: Satisfactory Academic
Performance on
– English III
– Algebra II
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STAAR EOC Assessment
Requirements
• Who is required to meet specific performance levels?
• In some cases, a student will not have to meet
Level II or Level III requirements on English III or
Algebra II if he or she
– Earned course credit prior to spring 2012
– Earned course credit outside of Texas public schools
– Is receiving special education services
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EOC Assessment Results
Algebra I EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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EOC Assessment Results
Geometry EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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EOC Assessment Results
Algebra II EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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EOC Assessment Results
Biology EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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EOC Assessment Results
Chemistry EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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EOC Assessment Results
Physics EOC Assessment Performance
*This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design.
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For More Information…
• Go to the STAAR Resources Webpage
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
• Read the updated STAAR Questions & Answers
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/faq.pdf
• Sign up for the listserv
http://miller.tea.state.tx.us/list/index.html
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QUESTIONS?
 E-mail the student assessment mathematics team at
math.test@tea.state.tx.us
 E-mail the student assessment science team at
science.test@tea.state.tx.us
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