Are Your STAARs Aligned?. i2 Institute June 15, 2012 Laura Abbott. PRE-TEST. What do these things have in common?. They are all ways not to make State Assessment Decisions. What happens if we don’t have a process in place?. ONLY ON. REGION XIII. Accommodations. Curriculum. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What do these things have in common?
Are Your STAARs Aligned?i2 InstituteJune 15, 2012
Laura Abbott
PRE-TESTWhat do these things have in common?
They are all ways not to make State Assessment Decisions.
What happens if we dont have a process in place?
ONLY ONREGION XIII
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TestServicesCurriculumAccommodationsGraduation
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TestServicesCurriculumAccommodationsGraduation
STAAR10
TestServicesCurriculumAccommodationsGraduation
Modified
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TestServicesCurriculumAccommodationsGraduation
Alternate
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OLD NEWS
Why STAAR is not appropriate Why Modified/Alternate is
appropriate All eligibility criteria are met Based on multiple
sources of data Not based solely on previous state assessment ARD
Committee decision Not cap-driven administrative decision Based on
educational need and instruction Not solely based on: disability
category/race/SES/attendance service time/service
location16Participation Requirements:Are you sure about your
district?
Participation Requirements:Raise your hand!
Raise your hand! If you
So what can we do?
Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional
Performance How is the student performing on academic tasks that
are affected by his or her disability?
23Awell-roundedpictureofthe wholestudent
ParentsStudentTeachersService ProvidersPLAAFP shouldProvide a
focus or a spotlight on the childs needs
Serve as a preview as to which skills will need some
instructional support and focus Provide specific baseline data
supporting their area of needYou do not want.
Plaafp-lacNoun: The absence of a well-written PLAAFP based on
data
GOBs:Goals Objectives
Benchmarksfunctionalacademicmodifyprerequisite
General CurriculumInvolvementProgressDisability28How does the
students disability affect involvement and progress in the general
education curriculum?
Does the students disability affect his/her ability to master
the grade level TEKS?
TEKS Expectations
Can the student tackle the grade level TEKS as written?
or
Modified TEKS
PrerequisiteSkills
Enrolled Gr. Level
29The Gen. Ed. / Spec. Ed. Team
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Accommodations32Accommodations
Changes to instructional materials, procedures, or techniques
that allow a student with disabilities to participate in
grade-level instruction and testingIndividualized for each student
Used routinely in instruction and testing Evaluated regularly for
effectiveness
SERVICES35General EducationSettingSupport Fac.Co-teachIndirect
SupportSpecial EducationSetting
Additional Information38
"Faster, Higher, Stronger"
STAAR ModifiedSTAAR AlternateSTAAR LAssessment Decision
ProcessDoes the student receive instruction in the grade-level TEKS
for this subject with or without accommodations?
If yes, then the student takes STAAR for this subject.Assessment
Decision ProcessDoes the student access the grade-level TEKS for
this subject through modifications (modified content)?
Modified Question #1:
Multiple Years Behind Grade-levelRate of Progress
Modified Question #2:
Modified Enrolled Grade Level Content
Modified Question #3:
Direct, Intensive InstructionAcquire, Maintain, Transfer
Skills
Assessment Decision ProcessDoes the student have a significant
cognitive disability that requires the student to access the
grade-level TEKS through prerequisite skills?
Alternate Question #1:As determined by his FIE (8-28-09) and ARD
Committee meeting (5-2-11), Aaron meets the criteria as having the
disability condition of an intellectual disability.
Significant Cognitive Disability
Alternate Question #2:
Specialized supports to access grade-level curriculum
Alternate Question #3:
Intensive, Individualized Instruction Variety of Settings
Alternate Question #4:
Prerequisite Skills
Framework
Vertical Alignment
GOBs
Alternate Question #5:
Primarily Demonstrates Knowledgethrough Performance Tasks
How a student graduates is affected by:Curriculum
modificationHigh School creditsState Assessment
selection/completion
DAPRHSPMHSP
The path we establish in elementary affects students
postsecondary options
Participation Requirements Graduation Assurance
Doesitalign?
Does it align?
Why not?
STAAR Modified Slots
$500 per 2% slot OBO.
Resources
Additional documents for this presentation along with resources
for extended learning are available in an e-binder at:
http://bit.ly/alignstaars
ESC Region XIII Special EducationCompliance, Inclusion, and
Access
Worksheets/Alignment/Additional Information: Laura Abbott
[email protected] 512-919-5207
Graduation: Elizabeth
[email protected]: Joy
[email protected]
STAAR Alternate: Ann
[email protected]
GOBs/Accommodations/Services/STAAR Modified: Cathy Miller
[email protected]
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