Helping ESL Students Prepare For STAAR

What Is STAAR?

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic

Readiness ( STAAR ) is a replacement for Texas

Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), it is an assessment program for students in grades

3 to 8.

ESL Students & STAAR

• 1 in 6 students is an ESL

• ESL students have a tough time with passing rates, as the latest results reveal they are 26.2 percent behind non-ESL students.

Issues ESL Students Face In STAAR

• Very Few tutors

– The ratio of ESL students to language teachers does not favor the students

• Language barrier

– Students have a tough time understanding the question asked

• Cultural differences

– Questions are based on situations which are common to American culture but might be alien to an ESL

From http://www.itemonline.com/news/local_news/poor-students-esl-students-are-still-struggling-with-staar-more/article_58c5255b-9110-58e2-99e5-60ad8227338a.html

Lingo Jingo & STAAR Preparation

• Lingo Jingo has lessons in explained in Spanish

• All the lessons are based on common core so ESL students can correlate to them better in class

• Special lessons to help them understand life in the USA

• Teachers can freely contribute to the lessons and assign them to their students

Teachers And Students Can Work Together To Score Well At STAAR

With The Help Of Lingo Jingo

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