Fall ELL Assessment Update

1. Fall ELL Assessment Update September 09, 2013 TETN Event #20783 Student Assessment Division Texas Education Agency

2. Disclaimer • These slides have been prepared by the Student Assessment Division of the Texas Education Agency • If any slide is changed for local use, please remove the TEA footer at the bottom of the slide TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

3. Topics • What’s New • STAAR Spanish Highlights • STAAR L • TELPAS • Key Steps to Take this Fall • ELL Progress Measure TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

4. What’s New

5. What’s New at TEA? • Assessments for students served by special education and assessments for ELLs are now the responsibility of the Assessments for Special Populations Unit in the Student Assessment Division. TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

6. STAAR L Practice Sets • Practice sets consist of approximately 25 items for each STAAR L assessment • To be posted in early 2014 • Will be available in online format similar to TELPAS so that students may experience the items as they will be presented in the operational administration. TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

7. STAAR L and SSI • Beginning 2013–2014, 5th and 8th grade students assessed with STAAR L in mathematics will be held to same SSI requirements for both mathematics and reading, including retesting, as students taking the general STAAR assessments TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

8. Special English I EOC ProvisionsTAC §101.1007 • For ELLs who ― • have been enrolled in U.S. schools 3 school years or less (5 or less if qualifying unschooled asylee/refugee) and • have not yet attained TELPAS advanced high reading rating • When enrolled in English I/ESOL I course, eligible ELL shall not be required to retake assessment each time it is administered if student passes course but does not meet standard • Rule to be posted for public comment in October for 30 days Note: • Students are not exempt from testing while in the course • Provisions do not apply to English II TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

9. TELPAS Standards Review • Committees comprised of ELL focus group members and educators convened in August to review standards for grades 2–12 TELPAS reading tests • Cut scores adjusted for each proficiency level of each grade cluster test • These standards will be implemented spring 2014 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

10. Data Collection Changes • Beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, students must be enrolled for 60 consecutive school days for that year to count in years in U.S. schools calculations. Please note that this is not to be calculated retroactively. • Unschooled Asylee Refugee • Continue as it has in the past • Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) • SIFE and Limited Prior Schooling groups from 2012–2013 have been collapsed • This data will be collected through the student data upload • Specific information will be included in the 2014 DCCM TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

11. TELPAS Administration Manuals • Spring test administration manuals will be split — • TELPAS Rater Manual • TELPAS Reading Test Administrator Manual • This should decrease the number of additional manuals ordered by districts TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

12. Spanish STAAR Highlights

13. STAAR Spanish • Availablefor students in grades 3–5 • Grades 3–5 reading and math • Grade 4 writing • Grade 5 science • Same grades and subjects are tested as English TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

14. Who Takes STAAR Spanish? • Students for whom Spanish version of STAAR test is the most appropriate measure of academic progress • LPAC determines if STAAR Spanish is an appropriate assessment for ELLs and non-ELLs TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

15. STAAR– Increased Expectations • Focus is on the most essential curriculum: readiness standards • Content and skills are addressed at a greater depth and cognitive complexity • Rigor evident on • the test as a whole • individual test questions • more inferential questions • performance standards TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

16. Test Development Process20 Steps TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

17. Key Steps in STAAR Item Development • Annual Activities: • Testing contractor develops items • TEA reviews items and ensures items meet quality assurance • Educators review the items for appropriateness before they are field tested (language, grade level, TEKS, free from bias, etc.) • Items are field tested • Data of items is reviewed • Items with solid data are included in the Item Bank • Tests are constructed from the Item Bank TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

18. How is STAAR Spanish Developed? • Follow the same guidelines as English item development • Reading and Writing • The items and/or passages are developed separately to account for cultural and linguistics differences. • Mathematics and Science • Items from English development are translated or transadapted into Spanish. TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

19. Transadaptation Process for STAAR Spanish Math and Science • Test items for STAAR Spanish are selected from the English development • Goal is to build tests for regular STAAR and STAAR Spanish using the same items if appropriate • Item writing and review process for transadapted items ensure that items in Spanish are linguistically and culturally appropriate and that they meet grade-level expectations • Every year bilingual educators review selected items for STAAR Spanish tests TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

20. Spanish/English Alignment on STAAR Tests • STAAR Spanish and regular STAAR both – • follow the same item development guidelines • use the same blueprints • adhere to same guidelines to build tests in terms of range of content tested and cognitive complexity • expect same student performance TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

21. 2013 STAAR Spanish Student Performance TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

22. STAAR Spanish Student Performance Spring 2012 and 2013 * Primary Administrations TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

23. Key Elements for Success in STAAR • Understand the level of performance the TEKS require • Teach students the academic vocabulary • Teach both readiness and supporting content and skills • Emphasize critical/inferential thinking, problem solving, and application rather than isolated or memorized content and skills • Reinforce connections between different content areas (e.g., math and science, math and reading) TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

24. Examples of Transadapted Items

25. Grade 3 Math TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

26. Grade 3 Math – Spanish TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

27. Grade 5 Science TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

28. Grade 5 Science – Spanish TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

29. Grade 5 Math TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

30. Grade 5 Math – Spanish TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

31. Additional Information • 2013 STAAR tests were released in August • Grade 4 Writing Scoring Guides are available on the Student Assessment website • Timeline for new mathematics curriculum TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

32. Timeline for New Mathematics TEKSSTAAR Grades 3–8 • New TEKS adopted in April 2012 • Convene advisory groups in 2013 • New STAAR items are being developed to address new TEKS in 2014 • Implement new TEKS in 2014–2015 school year • New STAAR items are field-tested in 2014–2015 school year • New STAAR items are assessed in 2015–2016 school year TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

33. STAAR L

34. 2013 STAAR L Administrations • Online interface provided certain linguistic accommodations for qualifying students: • Clarification in English at the word or phrase level for pre-determined words • Words read aloud at the word-by-word level • 35,000 students across the state were administered STAAR L across all administration in 2013 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

35. STAAR L Online Student Tutorial • Available early spring 2014 • Minor updates to grades 3–8; Updates to EOC version to address assessment changes from HB 5 • Should be used to familiarize students with clarification and read aloud accommodations and standard TestNav tools • Test administration directions for operational STAAR L assessments will assume some familiarity with online interface TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

36. STAAR L Paper Administrations • Paper test booklets (and ECGs as applicable) will be approved by TEA in rare circumstances • Accommodations that are not available in TestNav • Unavoidable technological problems that make online testing impossible • Other special situations (e.g., homebound students, JJAEPs, etc.) • Detailed information about STAAR L paper request process will be posted on Coordinator Manual Resources page at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/manuals/dccm TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

37. STAAR L Paper Administrations • Student who was approved for a paper administration in the spring but is retesting in December will not automatically receive paper materials • DTC should forward prior approval to TEA at ELL.tests@tea.state.tx.us so paper materials can be ordered from Pearson TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

38. ELLs with Parental Denials TAC §101.1005 (f) • Reminder: These students are not eligible for special ELL assessment, accommodation, or accountability provisions • No testing in Spanish • No linguistic accommodations during testing • No English I EOC special provisions • No unschooled asylee/refugee provisions • ELLs with parental denials may, however, use bilingual, ESL, or other allowable dictionaries as part of dictionary policy for STAAR reading and writing tests in grade 6 and up; under this policy, use of dictionaries not considered linguistic accommodation TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

39. TELPAS

40. TELPASAdministration • Assessment window for spring: March 17–April 9 • Data verification window: April 10–11 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

41. TELPAS Spring Dates TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

42. Holistic Rating Training Resources 2013–2014 training resources: • PowerPoint presentations (updated) • Making the ELPS-TELPAS Connection: K–12 Overview • Introductory Training on the PLDs (separate modules for K–1 and 2–12) • Grades 2–12 Writing Collection Overview • Holistic Rating Training Requirements • Educator Guide to TELPAS These resources will be available on the TELPAS Resources webpage at www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/ell/telpas/ TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

43. TELPAS Calibration – Spring 2012 and 2013 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

44. TELPAS Calibration – Spring 2012 and 2013 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

45. TELPAS Course Completions– Spring 2013 TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

46. TELPAS Release • There will be a full release of TELPAS forms for all grade bands in 2014. • These are to be released in an online format to allow them to be seen in the TestNav environment, just as the students see the operational test. TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

47. Key Steps to Take This Fall

48. 1. Conduct ELPS and TELPAS professional development sessions • Teachers are required to implement the ELPS and content area TEKS in instruction • District and campus administrators need working knowledge of ELPS and TELPAS • TELPAS familiarization training is • good for future raters • good way to reinforce use of PLDs all year long TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

49. 2. Help support teacher use of TELPAS results and ELPS PLDs to monitor and maximize learning of English • Beginning of year: • Review ELLs’ past TELPAS results to see if making steady progress in learning English • TELPAS confidential campus student rosters include • 2 years of test scores • how long student has been in U.S. schools TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update

50. 3. Help support LPAC use of TELPAS results and ELPS PLDs to monitor and maximize learning of English LPAC meetings during school year: • Use previous spring’s TELPAS results and current year’s teacher input to • gauge progress in English proficiency • review and adjust linguistic accommodations used in instruction • plan for instructional interventions, if necessary • plan for linguistic accommodations during state assessment TEA Fall ELL Assessment Update