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Student Assessment Division
Texas Education Agency
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Components of the 2012 Texas
Assessment Program
State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness (STAAR)
STAAR Spanish
STAAR L
STAAR Modified
STAAR Alternate
TAKS and TAKS–M (grades 10 and exit level)
Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment
System (TELPAS)
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Answer Documents
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STAAR, STAAR Spanish and STAAR L — one
combined answer document
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STAAR Modified — separate answer document
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STAAR Alternate — no answer documents
should be submitted for students assessed with
STAAR Alternate
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Answer Documents
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Grade 3 – answer document, not a scorable
booklet
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Precoded labels – EOC, Modified, and grade 4
and 7 writing
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Precoded answer documents – STAAR grades 3-8
reading, mathematics, science, and social studies
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TELPAS — no answer documents should be
submitted except in rare circumstances (details
provided in ELL TELPAS presentation)
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TAKS and TAKS–M — no changes from last
year
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Less score codes in STAAR!
“S” – tested
• “A” – absent
• “O” – other (illness, testing irregularity, EOC/above
grade level, etc.)
• “*” – paper/online or STAAR/STAAR Modified
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NOTE: For each subject area, only ONE
score code should be gridded.
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An “*” score code is present on all STAAR and
STAAR Modified answer documents that have
two subject areas tested.
NOTE: For each subject area, only ONE
score code should be gridded.
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TEST TAKEN INFO field — information about the test
form (STAAR or STAAR L) and the language version
(English or Spanish) must be recorded in this field.
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“EN” or “SP” for grades 3, 4, and 5
“Blank” bubble for grades 6, 7, 8
“L” bubble for math, science and social studies
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For each subject area tested, only ONE bubble, if
applicable, should be gridded in the TEST TAKEN INFO
field to show which assessment the student was
administered.
– Determine if the student is eligible for STAAR or
STAAR L.
– Next, determine the language version of the
assessment that the student will take (grades 3, 4,
and 5 only).
– Follow the same steps to grid the TEST TAKEN
INFO field even if the student is absent from the
test or illness/test irregularity occurs during testing.
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STAAR L is NOT available for the subjects listed below:
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Reading, Writing, English I, English II, and English III
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STAAR Spanish
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STAAR Modified
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Test Taken Information Changes
A different process will be used for STAAR than for
TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in the
past)
Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
Management System
An area within “Test Results” will be available to search
for the student and make the appropriate updates
• Because this is a “pilot” year, there will be no charge for
making Test Taken Information Changes
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided online – will
be a charge if districts require hard copy updates
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Score Code Changes
A different process will be used for STAAR than for
TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in the
past)
Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
Management System
An area within “Test Results” will be available to search
for the student and make the appropriate updates
• Because this is a “pilot” year, there will be no charge for
making Score Code Changes
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided online – will
be a charge if districts require hard copy updates
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Student Test Warnings (Record Changes)
A different process will be used for STAAR than for
TAKS (TAKS will use the same process as in the
past)
Updates will be made through the Texas Assessment
Management System
An area within “Test Results” will list all of the students
that require an update (update required because the
student has invalid ID information – PEIMS ID, name or
DOB; or the student’s PEIMS ID matches the student
directory but the name/DOB do not)
• Warnings can be updated as soon as records are processed
(do not need to wait until reports are produced)
• Updated CSRs and data files will be provided online (if the
updates are made after the reports have been sent)
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