STAAR Overview Parent Information January 23, 2014.
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Transcript of STAAR Overview Parent Information January 23, 2014.
STAAR OverviewParent InformationJanuary 23, 2014
STAARDesigned to help answer these questions:
• Did students learn what they were supposed to learn in the current year’s grade?
• Are students ready for the next grade?
• Are they also ready for the grade after that?
Questions will have a high cognitive complexity level to match the TEKS (curriculum)
Great emphasis on critical thinking
Assessing process skills with content skills in mathematics
There are a number of open-ended (griddable) questions
Multi-step word problems
STAAR
STAAR Reporting CategoriesThe TEKS eligible for testing on the 3rd & 4th grade STAAR Math assessments are grouped under these reporting categories:
• Numbers, Operations, and Quantitative Reasoning • Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning• Geometry and Spatial Reasoning• Measurement• Probability and Statistics
Increased Rigor• Rigor of items increased by: - assessing content and skills at a greater depth
and higher level of cognitive complexity - assessing more than one student expectation in
an item
• Rigor of test increased by: - assessing more focused student expectations
but doing so multiple times and in more complex ways- adding a greater number of rigorous items to the test
Performance Labels
There will be two cut scores, identifying three performance categories
Level III: Advanced Academic Performance
Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance
Level I: Unsatisfactory Academic Performance
Policy Definition of Level III: Advanced Academic Performance
Performance in this category indicates that students:
Are well prepared for the next grade or course Demonstrate the ability to think critically Demonstrate the ability to apply the assessed
knowledge and skills in varied contexts, both familiar and unfamiliar
Have a high likelihood of success in next grade or course with little or no academic intervention
Policy Definition of Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance
Performance in this category indicates that students:
Are sufficiently prepared for the next grade or course Generally demonstrate the ability to think critically Generally demonstrate the ability to apply the
assessed knowledge and skills in familiar contexts Have a reasonable likelihood of success in the next
grade or course May need short-term, targeted academic intervention
Policy Definition of Level I:Unsatisfactory Academic Performance
Performance in this category indicates that students:
Are inadequately prepared for the next grade or course
Do not demonstrate a sufficient understanding of the assessed knowledge and skills
Are unlikely to succeed in next grade or course without significant, ongoing academic intervention
STAAR FAQs Will there be a time limit for tests in the STAAR
program?All tests in the STAAR program will have a four-hour time limit.
Where can I go to find more information about the STAAR program?
For more information about the STAAR program, visit the TEA Student Assessment website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar .
3rd & 4th Grade Mathematics STAAR Testing Date:
Tuesday, April 22nd
How Parents Can Help at Home
Encourage your child to use all their strategies on math problems
Make connections to every day mathEncourage your child to readStay on top of homework and ask if you
notice your child struggling on a specific concept
Memorization of multiplication facts