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TEA Update on the STAAR Mathematics Program

TEA Update on the STAAR Mathematics Program. Julie Guthrie, Director of Math & Science Assessments Larry Duncan, Manager of Math Assessments Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency. Texas Assessment Program December 2011. Overview of the STAAR mathematics program

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TEA Update on the STAAR Mathematics Program

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  1. TEA Update on the STAAR Mathematics Program Julie Guthrie, Director of Math & Science Assessments Larry Duncan, Manager of Math Assessments Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency Texas Assessment Program December 2011

  2. Overview of the STAAR mathematics program • STAAR EOC assessment requirements • STAAR testing in spring 2012 AGENDA Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  3. Overview of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Mathematics Program Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  4. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness • Includes these programs • STAAR • STAAR Spanish • STAAR L • STAAR Modified • STAAR Alternate • Includes these tests • Grades 3–8 Mathematics • Algebra I • Geometry • Algebra II Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  5. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  6. Clearly Articulate • General resources available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/ • 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  7. Clearly Articulate • Subject-specific resources available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/ • Release test questions • Assessed curriculum • Assessment blueprints • Assessing process skills • Reference materials • Griddable item format • Graph paper Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  8. Clearly Articulate Reference Materials • Consist of formulas, constants, conversions, etc. • Are used for grades 3–8, Algebra I, geometry, and Algebra II Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  9. Clearly Articulate Reference Materials • Will be embedded in the paper test booklets and perforated so students can tear them out • Will be embedded in online tests as a pop-up window Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  10. Clearly Articulate Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  11. Clearly Articulate • Resources still to come • Additional information about accommodations • Testing manuals • Specific performance level descriptors • Performance standards Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  12. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  13. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  14. Focus on Fewer 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  15. Focus on Fewer Linking Standards Through the Curriculum • 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  16. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  17. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  18. Focus on Fewer Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  19. Focus on Fewer STAAR Geometry Blueprint Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  20. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  21. Deeper Manner Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  22. 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%. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  23. Deeper Manner Examples of mathematics process skills • 4.14C, select or develop an appropriate problem-solving plan or strategy, including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, acting it out, making a table, working a simpler problem, or working backwards to solve a problem • 8.15A, communicate mathematical ideas using language, efficient tools, appropriate units, and graphical, numerical, physical, or algebraic mathematical models Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  24. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  25. Deeper Manner • Grade 3 math • Will have 3 griddable questions • Will use same grid as is currently used on TAKS Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  26. Deeper Manner • Grades 4–5 math • Will have 3 griddable questions • Will use same grid as is currently used on TAKS Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  27. Deeper Manner • Grades 6–8 math • Will have 4 griddable questions • Will use same grid as is currently used on TAKS Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  28. Deeper Manner • Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II • Will have 5 griddable questions • Will use new grid Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  29. Deeper Manner Correct Incorrect — 4 5 . 6 7 4 5 . 6 7 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  30. STAAR End-of-Course Assessment Requirements Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  31. 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? Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  32. 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 • 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  33. 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. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  34. 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. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  35. 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. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  36. 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. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  37. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  38. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  39. STAAR Testing in Spring 2012 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  40. Testing in Spring 2012 Plan for phase-out of TAKS and phase-in of STAAR Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  41. Testing in Spring 2012 • STAAR grades 3–8 assessments will be administered on paper. • STAAR EOC assessments will be administered in both paper and online formats for students who have STAAR as a graduation requirement. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  42. Testing in Spring 2012 • Students who have TAKS as a graduation requirement may take only the STAAR EOC assessments for courses in which their campus has been assigned to the mandatory sample. • This includes • Repeating grade 9 students • Grade 10 students • Grade 11 students • Grade 12 students Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  43. EOC Assessment Results Algebra I EOC Assessment Performance *This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  44. EOC Assessment Results Geometry EOC Assessment Performance *This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  45. EOC Assessment Results Algebra II EOC Assessment Performance *This assessment was built based on STAAR blueprint and test design. Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  46. 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 Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division

  47. E-mail the student assessment mathematics team at math.test@tea.state.tx.us • Call the student assessment division at 512-463-9536 • Student Assessment Mathematics Team • Julie Guthrie, Director • Larry Duncan, Manager • Donna Fontenot • Karen Grad • Erin McNeely • Anne Nappa • Erik Pinter Questions?

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