Every Freshman BRONCO is a STAAR

Do you know about the new STAAR exam?

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR exam is the new required testing for all students who started high school in 2011-12.

The STAAR EXAM is …

…more rigorous than TAKS with greater emphasis on alignment to college and career readiness.

… twelve end-of-course (EOC) assessments covering four content areas replace grade-level TAKS tests .

Which content areas are tested?

• English Language Arts• Math• Science• Social Studies

Which courses are tested?

•English I, English II, English III•Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II•Biology, Chemistry, Physics•World Geography, World History, US History

STAAR Performance Standards

Academic Performance of

Level III: AdvancedWell prepared for next course

Level II: SatisfactorySufficiently prepared for next course, but may need short-term intervention

Level I: Unsatisfactory Inadequately prepared and unlikely to succeed in next course without significant, ongoing academic intervention

Graduation Requirements & STAAR

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Graduation Requirements & STAAR

.•A cumulative score is at least equal to the product of the number of EOC assessments taken in that content area and a scale score that indicates satisfactory performance, Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance

•For each content area:Score x # of tests taken > ????(TBA)

What that means….

Example (not actual score requirements)Content Area: Social Studies need 210 cumulative scoreEOC STAAR Courses: Minimum score of 60 for each course with a 70 considered passingW Geo, W Hist, US Hist

Example 1 Example 2W Geo : 60 W Geo : 60W Hist: 75 W Hist: 55US Hist: 80 US Hist: 95Cumulative: 215 Cumulative: 210

Example 3 Example 4W Geo : 70 W Geo : 85W Hist: 65 W Hist: 85US Hist: 70 US Hist: 85Cumulative: 205 Cumulative: 255

Graduation Requirements & STAAR

.Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP)Take all 12 STAAR EOC *Meet cumulative score requirement in each

of the four content areasAchieve Level III: English III & Algebra

IIRecommended Plan

Take all 12 STAAR EOC*Meet cumulative score requirement in each

of the four content areasAchieve Level II: English III & Algebra

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Implementation at DHS

The score on the STAAR EOC will be worth 15% of the student’s spring semester final grade. In accordance with the Denton ISD policy, DHS will use this score as the 2nd semester exam grade.

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Test Administration

Students have three opportunities to test each year:

SpringSummerFall

STAAR vs TAKS Major Differences

STAAR TAKS

12 required tests for graduation

4 required tests for graduation

Course Based Grade Level Based

4 hour time limit Unlimited time

Reporting Categories Objectives

Readiness & Supporting Standards

TEKS

Reading Test & Writing Test scored separately

ELA is one test

Released STAAR Test Questions

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English 1 WritingMarch 26

30 Multiple Choice Questions2 1 page (26 line essays)

Field Test Questions which will include an essay

Look at the photograph.

 

Write a story about the power of imagination. Be sure that your story is focused and complete and that it has an interesting plot and engaging characters.

5 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 13?

A Change post to have posted

B Change clearer to clearly

C Change so that to then

D No change needs to be made in this sentence.

6 What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 15 and 16?

A And while I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice, it is not something that society should control. Because people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

B And I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice, it is not something that society should control, people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

C And while I believe that what someone eats is a matter of personal choice and not something that society should control, people need information if they are going to make wise decisions.

D Sentences 15 and 16 are written correctly in the paper.

English 1 ReadingMarch 27

38 Multiple Choice Questions2 Short Answer

Field Test Questions

1 In paragraph 5, the scientific term ursine describes something related to

A jokes

B habitats

C bears

D automobiles

2 The author organizes the article by

A offering statistics from various studies, presenting conflicting opinions about the studies, and ending with his personal view

B presenting the results of the study, offering some ideas about what the study shows, and then stating what researchers hope to achieve in the future

C describing the reasons why Yosemite National Park has such a large number of bears and then explaining how minivans have made the problem worse

D referring to the phony research studies that claim bears prefer some kinds of vehicles over others and then dismissing these studies with conclusions from mammalogists

Algebra 1May 7

49 Multiple Choice Questions5 Griddable Questions (Grid has no

fixed decimal point)

Field Test Questions

3 Southern Phone Company is promoting a new cell phone service plan: a customer can make up to 500 minutes of calls each month for $39.99. If the number of minutes used in a month exceeds 500, then the function c І 0.40(m − 500) + 39.99 describes the monthly charge, c, in dollars in terms of m, the total number of minutes used. Which of the following statements best describes this function?

A If the total number of minutes used is more than 500, then every minute beyond 500 costs 40 cents.

B Every minute used costs 40 cents, regardless of the total number of minutes used.

C The first 500 minutes used costs 40 cents each, after which there is an additional charge of $39.99.

D If the total number of minutes used is more than 500, then every minute used costs 40 cents.

4 What is the domain of the function graphed below?

A 0 < x ≤ 5 B 2 < x ≤ 5

C 0 < x ≤ 4 D 0 < x < 2

BiologyMay 8

54 Multiple Choice Questions

Field Test Questions

3 Like complex carbohydrates, proteins are biomolecules that serve many functions and can be chemically broken down and restructured. Both proteins and complex carbohydrates are which of the following?

A Polymers of smaller subunits

B Sequences of sugars

C Lipids of large molecules

D Nucleotides of DNA

6. The diagram shows a model of species divergence among some primates. If this model is correct, the greatest genetic differences would be found in the DNA sequences of which twospecies?

A Tarsius bancanus and Cebus albifrons

B Macaca sylvanus and Macaca mulatta

C Hylobates lar and Pongo pygmaeus

DPan troglodytes and Lemur catta

World GeographyMay 9

68 Multiple Choice Questions

Field Test Questions

2 The frequent changes in the political organization of Africa from the early sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century reflected — A attempts by European countries to establish colonies and gain control of certain regions

B an economic shift away from primarily agrarian activities toward primarily industrial ones

C the replacement of European trading partners with Asian ones

D efforts by territories to unite against potential colonizers

4 In 1999, Turkey was recognized as a candidate for full membership in the European Union. Turkey’s primary goal in making this membership bid is to benefit from —

A increased humanitarian assistance from member countries

B technological advances made by trading partners

C military assistance from member countries in times of conflict

D greater access to markets within the organization

Questions?