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State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Alternate
STAAR Alternate
September 1,
2010 TETN # 7960
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STAAR Alternate for 2011-2012
Beginning this fall for the 2011-2012 school year, STAAR Alternate will be the only
alternate assessment offered for studentswith significant cognitive disabilities.
TAKS-Alt will not be administered to grades 10 and 11 as will be required for TAKS,
TAKS-Accommodated, and TAKS-Modified.
Information regarding how to select the End-of-Course STAAR Alternate assessments will be provided after decisions have been
made.
Differences between TAKS-Alt and STAAR Alternate
T TAKS-Alternate
Teachers must have viewed modules 1-4 and passed the qualifications for TAKS-Alt modules 1-3 before administering the
assessment.
Teachers were provided five opportunities to pass
each of the TAKS-Alt qualifications at 80%.
T STAAR Alternate
All teachers must view and pass the qualifications
for the new STAAR Alternate modules 1-4
before administering the assessment.
Teachers are provided only two opportunities to
pass the new STAAR Alternate qualifications at
80%. After additional training with a supervisor, the teacher may be given one more opportunity as
determined by the supervisor.
Module
Requirements
Differences between TAKS-Alt and STAAR Alternate
T TAKS-Alternate
Assessment tasks within a subject could be selected at different complexity levels.
No transition tasks were identified.
Only one student action was demonstrated for each
predetermined criterion.
More than one response mode option for each
predetermined criterion could have been identified.
T STAAR Alternate
Only combinations of Level 3 and Level 2 tasks will be allowed within a subject. Students being assessed with level 1 tasks must stay at all
level 1 tasks for that subject.
Tasks are identified as transition if the task relates to how the skill would be used in the community once the student leaves public
school.
Students must demonstrate all actions listed in each predetermined
criterion to receive credit for demonstrating the predetermined
criterion.
Only one response mode per verb in the predetermined criteria can be identified and the student must
demonstrate that one response to get credit for the predetermined
criterion.
Assessment Tasks
More Rigorous!
Differences between TAKS-Alt and STAAR Alternate
T TAKS-Alternate
The number of primary and generalization observations was
determined by the teacher to capture a fair, typical student
performance.
Generalization could be demonstrated with a change in
personnel, materials, or environment.
No changes in materials for the observation from those used during
instruction were required.
Three points for a prompted Demonstration of Skill performance
was given.
No documentation for a No Response Observed (NRO) designation was required.
T STAAR Alternate
Only two completed observations are allowed for the primary observation and
only two completed observations are allowed for the generalization
observation.
Generalization can only be demonstrated with a change in materials.
The assessment observation must use new materials than were used during
instruction to make sure that students are demonstrating skills and not just
repeating the same response they gave during instruction.
No points for a prompted Demonstration of Skill performance are given.
Page 1 of the documentation form for the one attempted observation per subject is
required for all NRO designations.
Administration
Process
Changes involving
the rubric
may be added at a later date.
All documents will be updated to reflect
these changes.
The TAKS-Alt Resources page will be removed on June 17th.
New documents for the vertical alignments, curriculum frameworks, essence statements, and assessment tasks
are posted to the new website.
Supplementary documents will be reviewed, updated, and posted throughout the summer.
Some of the TAKS-Alt supplementary documents have been consolidated into one document or have been
eliminated.
STAAR Alternate Resources Page
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special-ed/staaralt
Exceptions: Social Studies English I, II,III
Does the student have a significant cognitive disability?
Does the student require specialized supports to access the general education
curriculum and environment?
Does the student require intensive, individualized instruction in a variety of
instructional settings?
Does the student access and participate in the grade level TEKS through prerequisite
skills?
Does the student primarily demonstrate knowledge and skills through performance
tasks?
Participation Questions for ARD Committees
STAAR Alternate Training Focus
The new STAAR Alternate modules will be the main source of training. More information will be provided in the fall
regarding the additional training requirement by a supervisor before the third opportunity for qualification is
given.
All online system information for administrators will be provided by Pearson through web ex presentations and
the User’s Guide for the Texas Assessment System.
The September 9, 2011 TETN will provide policy updates, introduce new documents, introduce a 2011-2012
timeline, and highlight sections of the new modules.
The October 20,2011 TETN will be restricted to the ESC region centers and their invitees regarding questions and
concerns raised after the modules have been viewed.
The January 4, 2012 TETN will provide information regarding monitoring of the online system data and the
test administrators.
Important Dates
Online system surveys will be available until May 27th at
The viewing window for the District and Campus Testing Coordinators will be from May 16, 2011 until June 24,
2011.
Modules 1,2, and 3 will be released around August 29, 2011.
Module 4 will be released around October 3, 2011.
The Online System will open for DTCs on August 29, 2011.
Assessment Window dates are January 2, 2012 until April 13, 2012.
http://www.TexasAssessment.com/TAKSAltAdminSurvey1011
http://www.TexasAssessment.com/TAKSAltTeacherSurvey1011
In May of 2011, the Confidential Student Reports will provide stage change information;
however, no growth measure information will be provided since TAKS-Alt will no longer be used
for assessment.
When there are two years of STAAR Alternate data for a student, the growth measure
information will be included on the Confidential Student Report.
Growth Model for STAAR Alternate
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