Assessment+STAAR+TAKS

**Assessment Resources**
 **Sample STAAR/EOC Test Items Released**  [] (Scroll down to the Assessed Curriculum documents, see the right column)

 **STAAR Tests To Be Limited to Four Hours** Information from the TEA Student Assessment Division regarding the 4-hour STAAR test time limit [|4-hour_test_limit.docx]

**Resources for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) ** The Texas Education Agency with the assistance of Texas educators has developed a number of resources related to the STAAR program. These resources, which are available on a new STAAR webpage at @http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/, include the following:  New TEA correspondence regarding STAAR has been posted at @http://www.tea.state.tx.us/taa.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Assessment attributes
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Assessed curriculum
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Test blueprints for the grades/subjects and courses assessed

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">If you have questions or need further clarification about this information, please contact the Student Assessment Division and <span class="skype_pnh_print_container"><span class="skype_pnh_print_container"><span class="skype_pnh_print_container">(512) 463-9536 <span class="skype_pnh_container"><span class="skype_pnh_mark"> begin_of_the_skype_highlighting <span class="skype_pnh_highlighting_inactive_common"><span class="skype_pnh_textarea_span"><span class="skype_pnh_text_span">(512) 463-9536  <span class="skype_pnh_mark">end_of_the_skype_highlighting   <span class="skype_pnh_container"><span class="skype_pnh_mark"> begin_of_the_skype_highlighting <span class="skype_pnh_highlighting_inactive_common"> <span class="skype_pnh_dropart_span"> <span class="skype_pnh_textarea_span"><span class="skype_pnh_text_span"> (512) 463-9536   <span class="skype_pnh_mark">end_of_the_skype_highlighting   or studenta@tea.state.tx.us. <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**2010 TAKS Student Expectations** <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Student expectations for the Spring 2010 Administration. <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">@http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=4089&menu_id=793 <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**STAAR Program** State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) The next generation of student tests will be called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), which is the criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003. STAAR will be used for the 12 end-of-course assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007 and the new grade 3-8 assessments mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session. The new tests will be used beginning in the 2011-2012 school year. Students in the graduating Class of 2015, who are currently in seventh grade, will be the first students who must meet the end-of-course testing requirements, as well as earn required credits, in order to earn a diploma. The new tests will be significantly more rigorous than previous tests and will measure a child's performance, as well as academic growth. The last TAKS-based school accountability ratings will be issued in 2011. Ratings will be suspended in 2012 while a new accountability system is developed. The new state rating system will debut in 2013.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**TEA Presentation on Assessment at the TASA meeting, January 2010:** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">TAKS 2010 Documents:
 * New Reporting Format for TAKS:** March 2, 2010: @http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/studassmt030210.html
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Item Analysis: <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">@http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=2147486181&menu_id=793
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">2010 Released Items: <span style="display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">@http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3850&menu_id=793