The State of Texas Assessments of Academic

Readiness (STAAR)

A New Assessment Model

March 2, 2011

What does a college and career ready 5th grader look

like?

Mary Kay Ash

Cosmetics

Henry Ford

Automobile

Bill GatesMicrosoft

Teddy RooseveltPresident

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Mark ZuckerbergFace book

STAAR Design Attributes(Focus, Clarity, Depth)

Elementary Mathematics, Reading, Writing and Science

Readiness Standards

Supporting Standards

Standards

To Increase Rigor STAAR Will Assess

content and skills at greater depth

high level of cognitive complexity

more than one student expectation in an item

focused student expectation multiple times in more complex ways

more rigorous items thereby overall test difficulty

STAAR Science

The Blueprint

Investigation & Reasoning Skills

Sample Item

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The drawing shows a model of the Earth, moon, and sun system made from foam balls. What is one way to make this model more accurate?

A Use wooden blocks instead of foam balls

B* Make the sun larger than the Earth and the moon smaller

C Move the sun closer to the Earth

D Change the order of the foam balls to be moon, sun, Earth

Curriculum Connection

STAAR Mathematics

STAAR Mathematics

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Readiness Standards & Supporting Standards

Worked backwards from Algebra II

Standards are connected

Reporting Category 1: 4.4(E) The student is expected to use division to solve problems (no more than one-digit divisors and three-digit dividends without technology).

STAAR Blueprint

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Reporting Categories:

Numbers, Operations, and Quantitative Reasoning

Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning

Geometry and Spatial Reasoning

Measurement

Probability and Statistics

STAAR

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Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools (Process Skills)

Will be assessed differently

Will be assessed in context, not in isolation

Will be assessed in a more integrated and authentic manner

STAAR

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Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools (Process Skills)Will not be listed under a separate reporting category

Will be incorporated into at least 75% of the test questions

Will be reported along with the content skills under the other reporting categories

Question from Grade 3 Mathematics

Melissa had some money in her purse when she went to the mall with her mother. She spent $5 on a book. Then her mother gave her $10. After Melissa spent $2 on a snack, she had $23 in her purse. How much money did Melissa have in her purse when she first went to the mall? Mark your answer.

A $26 C* $20B $17 D $6

This test question addresses:Content: 3.3BProcess: 3.14C

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Griddable Questions

A type of open-ended question used for science and mathematics assessments

Purpose is to provide students opportunities to derive answers independently without being influenced by answer choices provided with the questions

STAAR Griddable Questions

Grades 3- 5 Math

Will have 3 griddable questions

Will use same grid as is currently used on TAKS

PISD Curriculum & STAAR

Skills and Concepts in Context

Mathematical Processes

TEKS are Clustered

Multi-tasking

Multiple Strategies & Representations

Mathematical Communication

Next Steps

Review curriculum for scope and sequence of readiness and supporting standards.

Review and align resources.

Review and adjust local assessments with the new standards and level of rigor.

STAARReading

Genres Assessed

Literary StrandFiction

Literary Nonfiction Poetry Drama

Assessed beginning at 4th grade

Media LiteracyEmbedded

Readiness Genre

Supporting Genre

Supporting Genre

Supporting Genre

Genres Assessed

Informational Strand

Expository

Persuasive Assessed beginning at 5th grade

ProceduralEmbedded

Media LiteracyEmbedded

Supporting Genre

Readiness Genre

Reading Blueprint

Reporting Category 1Understanding Across GenresAnalysis Across Genres (4th & 5th)

Reporting Category 2Understanding / Analysis of Literary Texts

Reporting Category 3Understanding / Analysis of Informational Texts

General Information:Test Length

Word count attached to overall test rather that to individual pieces, as in TAKSMaximum word count increases from grade to gradeNumber of pieces included on a test can vary from year to yearNumber of questions vary, depending on selection length

General Information

Paired selections begin at grade 4Paired selections can mix strands and genresAssessment will emphasize critical analysis rather than literal understandingItems will have a higher cognitive complexity to match the ELAR/R TEKS

STAARWriting

STAAR Assessment Design

Grade 4

Two Day Writing TestDay 1 - ½ Multiple Choice & One Composition

Day 2 - ½ Multiple Choice & One Composition

Revision & EditingRevision and editing assessed separately32% of multiple-choice score from revision (9 items)68% of score from editing (19 items)Revision is focused on effectiveness and strengthening/improving various aspects of a piece of writingEditing is focused on correctness (conventions)

Example of Grade 4 revision stem:

David would like to improve his story by adding a strong concluding sentenced after sentence 28. Which of these would be the BEST sentence to add?

CompositionStudents will write two one-page compositions addressing different types of writing.

Personal Narrative:Write about important personal experiences

Expository:Create brief compositions that establish a central idea in a topic sentence, contain a concluding statement, and include supporting sentence with simple facts, details, and explanations

Expository Prompt

ReadStatement or picture

ThinkStatement about what to think about or consider (Example: “What are all the reasons that people might eat unhealthy foods?”)

Write“Write an essay about….”

Be sure to ….

Writing Rubrics

A rubric is being developed for each writing type.

LiteraryExpositoryPersuasiveAnalyticPersonal Narrative

Writing Blueprint

Reporting Category 1Composition

Reporting Category 2Revision

Reporting Category 3Editing