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=Region 4 Social Studies Services Wikispace =

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STAAR Tests To Be Limited to Four Hours
Information from the TEA Student Assessment Division regarding the 4-hour STAAR test time limit  

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The final Assessed Curriculum documents for STAAR will be released sometime after TAKS testing in May. (3/28/2011)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Region 4 Side-By-Side TEKS Comparision Charts **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TEA Social Studies TEKS Comparison Documents **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">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: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">New TEA correspondence regarding STAAR has been posted at @http://www.tea.state.tx.us/taa.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) **
 * <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 at <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="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Economics-@http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter118/index.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Revised TEKS: **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TEA Website: Social Studies-@http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.html and

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**New Reporting Format for TAKS Item Analysis Data:** @http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/studassmt030210.html >
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TEA Presentation on Assessment at the TASA meeting, January 2010

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This wikispace is created and maintained by Region 4 Social Studies Services, Houston, Texas. Email contact: socialstudies@esc4.net.