LISA MULLINS COORDINATOR, ELA/SOCIAL STUDIES (903) 988-6801 [email protected] ELA UPDATE 1 Copyright...

LISA MULLINS

COORDINATOR, ELA/SOCIAL STUDIES

(903) 988-6801

[email protected]

ELA UPDATE1

Copyright 2010 by Region 7 Education Service Center. All rights reserved.

SSIG Consolidated Report

Report is now available in eGrants.Report is due September 30, 2010Even if a district didn’t receive SSIG Funds,

the Consolidated Report must be submitted to report early assessment information.

The 2010-2011 SSIG Application is due October 15, 2010

Note changes in reporting for 2010-2011 (refer to August 6th letter)

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Student Success Initiative

A district should provide accelerated instruction for students in grades 3-8

The accelerated instruction should identify the needs of the student and be specific and prescriptive

July 1st TEA letter – “accelerated instruction must occur after each administration of the test, including the third administration.”

Deadline for submitting an expedited waiver to adjust the timeline for accelerated instruction for 2010-2011 school year is September 30, 2010

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STAAR(State of Texas Assessments of Academic

Readiness)

Grades 3-8 ReadingGrades 4 and 7 WritingEnglish I, II and III

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STAAR Timeline

Spring 2011 Grades 3-8 reading field test embedded in TAKS Grades 4 and 7 writing stand-alone field tests in early

April English I - first operational assessment English II and III – stand alone field tests

Spring 2012 First STAAR assessments – all courses/grades English I counts toward graduation for first time 9th

graders TAKS ELA tests continue for grade 10 and exit level

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New Assessment DesignSTAAR 3-8 and High School

Linked to college and career readinessTEKS eligible for assessment split into two

categories Readiness standards, defined as those TEKS

considered necessary for success in the current grade/course and important for preparedness in the grade/course that follows -60-65% of assessments items

Supporting standards, defined as those TEKS which are important to teach but which will receive less emphasis by being assessed across years/administrations – 35-40% of assessments skills

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English I, II and III

Advanced high school course readiness measure for English I and II

College and career readiness measure for English III

Scores reported separately for reading and writing

Students retest only in the section they fail

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Reading Test DesignGrades 3-8 and High School

Literary strand: fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry and drama (drama begins at grade 4)

Informational strand: expository and persuasive (persuasive begins at grade 5)

Fiction and expository reading are considered readiness genres from grade 3 through HS

Literary nonfiction, poetry, drama and persuasive reading are considered supporting genres

Procedural elements embedded in informational pieces and media literacy embedded in either literary or informational pieces

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Word count attached to overall test rather than to individual pieces, as in TAKS

Maximum word count increases from grade to grade but is consistant at high school

Number of pieces included on a test can vary from year to year, dependent on length (e.g., at grade 5, 3-4 individual pieces and one pair)

Different numbers of questions attached to different-length pieces

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Pairs can mix strands and genresLiterary – Literary (e.g. fiction-poetry, literary

nonfiction-drama, fiction-literary nonfiction)Informational – Informational (e.g.

expository-expository, expository-persuasive)Literary - Informational (e.g. fiction-

expository, poetry-expository, literary nonfiction-persuasive)

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Writing Test DesignGrades 4 and 7 and High School

Assessments at grades 4 and 7 administered over two days; writing component of English I, II and III administered on Day 1 of test (with reading component on day 2)

Field test embedded for grade 7 and English I, II and III

Abbreviated stand-alone field test for grade 4 every three years

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Revision and EditingGrades 4 and 7 and High School

Revision and editing assessed separately, with increased focus on revision as students become more experienced and skilled writers

For Grade 4, 32% of multiple-choice score from revision and 68% of score from editing

For Grade 7, 40% of multiple-choice score from revision, and 60% of score from editing

For English I, II and III, 50% of multiple-choice score from revision and 50% of score from editing

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Revision focused on effectiveness: introduction (controlling ideas) and conclusion, organization, progression, development, language/word choice, and sentences.

Editing focused on correctness (conventions)

Example of high school revision question: Steven wants to more effectively establish the controlling idea in his paper. Which revision of sentence 5 can help him accomplish his goal?

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Dictionaries allowed on entire test including revising and editing in HS ELA

Glossary idea in grades 3-5 readingGrades 6, 7 and 8 - dictionaries

7th grade writing 6th and 8th grade reading

4th Grade – no dictionaries on writing assessment

Will be able to use hand held, hard copy, Spanish and English versions of dictionaries

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CompositionGrades 4 and 7 and High School

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

Grade 4 – personal narrative and expositoryGrade 7 – personal narrative (with extension

and expository)English I – literary and expositoryEnglish II – expository and persuasiveEnglish III – persuasive and analyticCompositions will be weighted equallyNo “gatekeeper” (automatic fail for a 1)

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September Postings on STAAR

STAAR overviewTest blueprintsAssessed curriculum documents called

reporting categories (no longer called objectives) as well as readiness and supporting standards

Schematics

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