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ELA Update: TEKS and TAKS

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ELA Update: TEKS and TAKS

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    1. ELA Update: TEKS and TAKS Sarah Crippen Director of ELA Texas Education Agency ESC TETN – July 2006

    2. Recent Inquiries TAKS test Communication Applications Teen Leadership (not a substitute) Independent Study (not a substitute) Ag Communication (not a substitute)

    5. Don’t be late for grade 8 in 2008! SSI goes into effect for grade 8 in 2008 Use the Personal Graduation Plan to accelerate progress in skill attainment Materials for 8th grade will be available

    6. Considerations for 2005 - 2008 What does reading intervention look like at the middle school grades? What resources are available to help? How might reading interventions differ at the elementary level than at the middle school level?

    7. TAKS Reading Scores

    8. TAKS 7th Grade Writing

    9. TAKS Reading/ELA Scores

    10. TAKS ELA 10th Grade Writing

    11. TAKS ELA 11th Grade Writing

    12. A Longitudinal Look at with Same Students on TAKS ELA Written Composition

    13. What Have the Writing Scores Told Us? Students who scored a 0 or a 1 tended to be weakest in the following areas: Weak or illogical organization Weak sentence to sentence movement Repetition of ideas and wordiness Weak development of ideas Development was sparse and very vague Little or no control of conventions Sentence boundaries were weak

    14. What Have the Writing Scores Told Us? Variety of new formulas emerged this year Some writers tried to write in an outlandish manner to get voice Readers found many papers to be circular

    16. Work on Vocabulary A stronger vocabulary will allow students to choose more precise and vivid words; thereby, improving the writing.

    17. STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL WRITING PROGRAM Establish a coherent writing program Connect reading and writing Connect grammar and writing

    18. STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL WRITING PROGRAM Understand the writing rubric Understand the level of student performance required to reach the higher score points

    19. TAKS 9th Grade Reading Literary Open-Ended Response

    20. TAKS 9th Grade Reading Expository Open-Ended Response

    21. TAKS 9th Grade Reading Cross-Over Open-Ended Response

    22. TAKS ELA 10th Literary Open-Ended Response

    23. TAKS ELA 10th Expository Open-Ended Response

    24. TAKS ELA 10th Cross-Over Open-Ended Response

    25. TAKS ELA 11th Literary Open-Ended Response

    26. TAKS ELA 11th Expository Open-Ended Response

    27. TAKS ELA 11th Cross-Over Open-Ended Response

    28. A Longitudinal Look at TAKS ELA Literary Open-Ended Response with Same Students

    29. A Longitudinal Look at TAKS ELA Expository Open-Ended Response with Same Students

    30. A Longitudinal Look at TAKS ELA Cross-Over Open-Ended Response with Same Students

    31. CONTACT INFORMATION Sarah Crippen Texas Education Agency Director of ELA Curriculum 512-463-9500 sarah.crippen@tea.state.tx.us

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