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Assessment and Accountability Update Tom Jaggard Social Studies Specialist Region Testing Coordinator Education Service Center, Region 2. Did you know?. How hard is STAAR?. Grade 8 Social Studies (US History to 1877). 13 th Amendment Ended Slavery
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Assessment and Accountability Update Tom Jaggard Social Studies Specialist Region Testing Coordinator Education Service Center, Region 2
Grade 8 Social Studies (US History to 1877) 13th Amendment Ended Slavery 14th Amendment Rights of Citizens 15th Amendment Voting Rights for All Men
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Grade 8 Social Studies (US History to 1877) How well did grade 8 students in Texas perform on this question?
Region 2 “Triple-Crown Winners” • CCISD • Baker Middle School • Shaw SES • Windsor Park G/T • Club Estates Elementary School • Faye Webb Elementary School
Region 2 “Triple-Crown Winners” • Gregory-Portland ISD • Clark Elementary School • Port Aransas ISD • Olsen Elementary School • Riviera ISD • Kaufer High School • Nanny Elementary School
Region 2 “Triple-Crown Winners” • Santa Gertrudis ISD • Santa Gertrudis School • Skidmore-Tynan ISD • Skidmore-Tynan Elementary School • St. Mary’s Academy Charter School • St. Mary’s Academy Charter School
Agenda • Legislative Update • HB5 • HB866 • Commissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes • Accountability • 2013 Accountability Reports • Index Framework • System Safeguards • Distinction Designations
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Assessment • Graduation • Accountability
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Assessment • EOC 15% Rule • Eliminated completely • EOCs • Reduced from 15 tests to 5 tests • Eliminated the Cumulative Score* • Eliminated the Minimum Score*
HB3Graduation Requirements To graduate, a student must achieve a Cumulative Score in each content area that is equal to the product of the number of STAAR/EOC assessments taken in the content area times the Satisfactory Academic Performance scale score.
HB5 Graduation Requirements To graduate, a student must achieve Level II – Satisfactory Academic Performance on each of these five EOCs.
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • Applies to entering freshman in 2014-2015
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • Applies to entering freshman in 2014-2015 • In 2014-2015, students enrolled in one of the old plans can choose to switch to the new plan • In 2013-2014, a fourth-year high school student on track to graduate in May, 2014, can graduate under the Foundation Plan if they fall short of earning RHSP/DAP
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Graduation • Replacing MHSP/RHSP/DAP with Foundation + Endorsements • SBOE is holding hearings in September, 2013 to get input regarding the new plans • SBOE will draft rules in November, 2013 to be published for comment • SBOE hopes to finalize these rules at their meeting in January, 2014
Legislative UpdateHB5 • Accountability (effective in 2016-2017) • District Ratings • A-B-C-D-F • Campus Ratings • Exemplary • Recognized • Acceptable • Unacceptable
Legislative UpdateHB5 Table Talk / Reflection Time Questions? Concerns? Next Steps?
Legislative UpdateHB866 • STAAR/3-8 • Allows students to skip math and reading in grades 4, 6, and 7 if they perform well enough (MSASS) on those assessments in grades 3 and 5 MSASS = Minimum Satisfactory Adjusted Scale Score
Legislative UpdateHB866 • STAAR/3-8 • Allows students to skip math and reading in grades 4, 6, and 7 if they perform well enough (MSASS) on those assessments in grades 3 and 5 • Requires a waiver from USDE to implement
Legislative UpdateHB866 • STAAR/3-8 • Allows students to skip math and reading in grades 4, 6, and 7 if they perform well enough (MSASS) on those assessments in grades 3 and 5 • Leaves all 3-8 tests intact: • Math & Reading in grades 3 through 8 • Writing in grades 4 & 7 • Science in grades 5 & 8 • Social Studies in grade 8
Legislative UpdateHB866 Table Talk / Reflection Time Questions? Concerns? Next Steps?
Legislative UpdateCommissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes “The following policy changes – which will be proposed and adopted under commissioner of education rules – are designed to assist districts in implementing new requirements under House Bill 5 (HB5), as well as follow established federal requirements, related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.” – TEA Press Release on August 2, 2013
Legislative UpdateCommissioner’s Proposed Rule Changes • Performance Standards • Phase-in 1 extended for one more year • Timing of Phase-in 2 and Final are TBD • Students “lock in” a phase-in standard for all EOCs when they take their first EOC