The Texas Education Association recently announced that a new generation of student tests called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), a criterion-based test which been in use since 2003.
According to TEA, the new tests will be significantly more rigorous than previous tests and will measure a child’s performance, as well as academic growth. By law, the grade 3-8 STAAR tests in reading and mathematics must be linked from grade to grade to performance expectations for the English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessments.
The new tests will be used beginning in the 2011-2012 school year. A new state accountability rating system will debut in 2013.
EMC’s Mirrors & Windows: Connecting with Literature responds to this call for educational rigor by offering full-length formative surveys, developed and validated by the Educational Testing Service, that measure student performance against other students nationwide.
For more information on the new STAAR tests, visit TEA’s website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=7874
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