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STAAR Parent Overview

STAAR Parent Overview. Pebble Hills Elementary Administration 2012-2013. Agenda for Meeting. TAKS vs. STAAR, What’s the Difference? What does STAAR assess? What is Rigor? STAAR Writing 4 th grade STAAR Reading/Math 3 rd -5 th grade Testing Day Format Parent Resources.

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STAAR Parent Overview

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  1. STAAR Parent Overview Pebble Hills Elementary Administration 2012-2013

  2. Agenda for Meeting • TAKS vs. STAAR, What’s the Difference? • What does STAAR assess? • What is Rigor? • STAAR Writing 4th grade • STAAR Reading/Math 3rd-5th grade • Testing Day Format • Parent Resources

  3. TAKS vs. STAAR, What’s the Difference? • STAAR testing is limited to 4 hours per content area tested, • Testing accommodations for students have been drastically reduced, • Little to no “simple recall” questions. More two and three step questions • The STAAR test is more “rigorous” than previous TAKS tests.

  4. What does the STAAR test? • Teachers are required to teach the TEKS or Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, • They are a set of skills that the state of Texas has determined are essential for each student to learn, • Each grade level has a very specific set of TEKS for each content area, • STAAR tests the TEKS at a high level of understanding or “rigor.”

  5. What is Rigor? • Rigor “is disassembling information into its component parts and then reassembling those component parts into a new integral whole to solve problems or answer questions” • Students have been provided lessons throughout the year to promote “rigor” in their learning • Higher-order learning

  6. What is a Readiness and Supporting Standard? • Both Readiness standards and Supporting standards will be tested on STAAR, • Readiness standards – These TEKS are considered the most important preparing students to succeed in the next grade or course (on any given test the majority of the test items (approx 60—70%) will assess readiness standards. • Supporting standards – These TEKS play a role in preparing students for the next grade or course, but not a central role.

  7. STAAR Writing 4th grade • Two day test • First day- Grammar/Revising portion and a Composition • Second day- Grammar/Revising portion and a Composition • Students answer multiple choice questions regarding passages and sentence structure • Focus is on proper use of grammar and spelling

  8. STAAR Writing 4th grade • Composition prompts will be either Expository or Narrative, • Students will be able to pre-write/plan their composition, • Students will have only 26 lines in which to complete their essay, • Students will have to complete the grammar part, the pre-writing part, and the final composition within the 4 hour limit!

  9. STAAR Expository Prompts4th grade Expository essays are simply essays that explain something with facts, as opposed to opinion. Samples of expository essays include: Essays that described how to do something, Essays that analyze events, ideas, objects, or written works, Essays that describe a process, Essays that explain/describe an historical event.

  10. STAAR Narrative Prompts4th grade When you write a narrative essay, you are telling a story. Narrative essays are told from the point of view of the author. Sensory details are provided to get the reader involved in the elements and sequence of the story. The verbs are vivid and precise! When the writer uses this technique, he or she must be sure to include all the conventions of storytelling: plot, character, setting, climax, and ending. It is usually filled with details that are carefully selected to explain, support, or embellish the story.

  11. STAAR Mathematics 3rd, 4th and 5th grade • Students will have 4 hours to complete the assessment, • Will have both multiple choice and griddable test items, • Anticipate multi-step questions rather than simple one-step, basic recall questions, • Questions will be mostly in the form of word problems, graphs and tables.

  12. STAAR Reading 3rd, 4th and 5th grade • Students will have 4 hours to complete the assessment, • Will have reading passages and multiple choice questions to answer, • Anticipate questions where they ask to “summarize” or give the “main idea,” • Students in the dyslexia program will be given extra time to complete the test.

  13. STAAR Science5th grade • Students will have 4 hours to complete the assessment, • Students will have to interpret charts, graphs and tables of information, • Students will have to complete life cycles rather than just name them,

  14. Testing Day Format • Four hour time limit • Breaks count towards the 4 hours • Breakfast at 7:45-7:55am • Bathroom break 7:55-8:05am • Begin testing administrative duties 8:10am • STAAR testing begins promptly at 8:30am • Lunch for all students testing in the classroom, (sack lunches from cafeteria)

  15. Testing Day Format • Teachers will post time remaining on the board to remind students of the time limit, • Please do not send students with snacks, • If you send student with lunch, make sure that it does not have to be microwaved, • Students can request to go to bathroom on their own, but time counts against 4 hours, • Students will read books when done.

  16. Testing Days For Students • April 2nd- 4th grade Writing Day 1 and 5th grade Math (1st Administration) • April 3rd- 4th grade Writing Day 2 and 5th grade Reading (1st Administration) 5th graders that do not pass either the Reading or Math portion of the STAAR will need to re-take the test in April

  17. Testing Days For Students • April 23rd- 3rd and 4th grade Math • April 24th- 3rd and 4th grade Reading • April 24th- 5th grade Science • April 25th- Make-up testing date • May 14th- 5th grade Math STAAR re-test • May 15th- 5th grade Reading STAAR re-test

  18. How Can Parents Help? • Make sure that students read at least 30 minutes daily! Read with your children! • Make sure that your child does their homework and they show their work/use their strategies on all work, • Encourage using Think Through Math and IStation websites daily, • Communicate with your child’s teacher! • Make sure they attend Academy/Saturday School/STAAR Blitzes!

  19. Parent Resources Overview of STAAR: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/ Parent Resources: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/parents/ http://www.texassuccess.org Think Through Math and IStation Reading

  20. Questions? Thank you for your attendance at today’s presentation! Please make sure you signed in at the table. A copy of this presentation will be posted on the Pebble Hills website

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