Preparing for TAKS

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Preparing for TAKS

• Elementary Principals Network
• ESC XIII

www.esc13.net/taks
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Development of the State Assessment System
TAKS 2003
Inclusion of Students and of Subjects Tested
TAAS 1990
TEAMS 1982
TABS 1980
Level of Difficulty
From ILT to ILD, Moving Texas Forward 2002
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Continuous Improvement in State-level Curriculum
and Assessment
Curriculum
Assessment
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TAKS
TAAS
TEAMS
TABS
Essential Elements
From ILT to ILD, Moving Texas Forward 2002
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Continuous Improvement in State-level Curriculum
and Assessment
Assessment
Curriculum
Instruction
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TAKS
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TAAS
TEAMS
TABS
Essential Elements
From ILT to ILD, Moving Texas Forward 2002
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Blooms Taxonomy

• Evaluation
• Synthesis
• Analysis
• Application
• Comprehension
• Knowledge

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Structure of Knowledge

• Theory A conceptual idea that is yet to be
  proven.
• Principle A form of generalization, but is a
  truth that holds consistently through time.
• Generalization Connection/relatedness of two or
  more concepts.
• Concept An organizing idea, represented by one
  or two words. Examples have common
  attributes.
• Topic A category of study with a body of
  related facts to be learned.
• Fact A statement of truth.

-H. Lynn Erickson. Adapted from Structure of
Knowledge
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Blooms Taxonomy and Ericksons Structure of
Knowledge
Evaluation
Synthesis
Level of Difficulty
Classroom Instruction Assessment At what level
of difficulty and complexity? Does it match the
level of difficulty and complexity of the TEKS?
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
Generalization Principle
Theory
Facts
Topics
Concepts
Level of Complexity
Adapted from ILT to ILD, Moving Texas Forward 2002
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TAKS A NEW Assessment

• TAKS Information Booklets

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TAKS An assessment aligned to the TEKS

• Considerations when looking at a new test
• content
• cognitive level
• context.

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TAKS Information Booklets

• Provide Critical Information
• Clarification about how to read the TEKS
• Overview of the subject area in context of the
  TEKS
• Objectives and TEKS student expectations
• Reasons each objective and TEKS student
  expectation are critical to student success
• Additional information about an objective to
  understand how it might be assessed
• Sample items, reading selections, and writing
  prompts showing how objectives might be assessed

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TAKS vs. TAAS

• TAKS includes more of the TEKS than TAAS has.
• TAKS attempts to ask questions in more authentic
  ways than the TAAS.
• TAKS has been developed to
• Better reflect good instructional practice
• More accurately measure student learning

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TEKS Expectations Statements Key to
Understanding TAKS Objectives

• Objective 1
• The student will demonstrate an understanding of
  numbers, operations, and quantitative reasoning.
• (4.2) Number, operation, and quantitative
  reasoning. The student describes and compares
  fractional parts of whole objects or sets of
  objects. The student is expected to
• (B) model fraction quantities greater
  than one using concrete materials and pictures

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TEKS Important Vocabulary

• Such as is followed by
• Examples, or representative illustrations, that
  teachers may choose to use but are not required
  to use
• Other examples may be used.
• Including is followed by
• Specific examples that must be taught
• Other examples may also be used.

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TAKS Objectives Fewer Objectives than TAAS
More Student Expectations Less Predictable Test
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Tax Prep
TAKS Prep
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Reading
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Reading

• Longer passages at all grades
• More expository text
• Grade 4-8 Paired selections
• Grades 9-11 Triplets (published)
• New objectives
• Open ended items (9-11)
• New Student Expectations tested
• True summary
• Context
• Dictionary usage
• Fact and Opinion
• Graphic organizers

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Writing
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Writing

• Two parts
• Composition
• Peer Editing/Revising
• Respond to the prompt in ANY mode (other than
  poetry)
• NEW Scoring Criteria
• Testing revision for the first time
• Mixed distractors

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Scoring CriteriaNO FORMULAS!

• Responsiveness to prompt
• Focus and coherence
• Depth of development and degree to which ideas
  are interesting and not contrived
• Logical progression of ideas
• Sustained voice
• Overall strength of conventions

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Mathematics
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Mathematics

• More complex problems
• Fewer objectives more student expectations
  less predictable test
• ALGEBRA!
• Applied measurement
• Logical reasoning
• Graphing calculators

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Objective 4 TAAS
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Objective 4 TAKS
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Science
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Science

• Grade 5 Test of Gr. 2, 3, 4, 5
• Including lab equipment
• Good labs and field experiences
• IPC and Biology
• Formula charts
• Application of concepts

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Grade 5 Science Equipment Concepts and
Vocabulary Terms

• Calculators
• Microscopes
• Cameras
• Sound recorders
• Computers
• Hand lenses
• Rulers
• Thermometers

• Compasses
• Balances
• Hot plates
• Metersticks
• Timing devices
• Magnets
• Collecting nets
• Safety goggles

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Social Studies
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Social Studies

• Including CONTENT, CONTENT, CONTENT (names and
  dates)
• Primary sources
• Applied facts
• Historical context
• Exit level
• Early US history (Gr. 8)
• TEKS common to World History and World Geography
• US History Since Reconstruction

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Checklist of Things To Do

• Run a list of students passing last years TAAS
  (70 TLI) but NOT passing at the higher TEKS
  standard (70)
• Get teachers into Content Sessions
• Distribute and TALK ABOUT/PLAN WITH the
  Information Booklets- campus copy and released
  on TEAs website
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Checklist of Things To Do

• Deliver TAKS info to students (9th Graders),
  parents, community, and school boards
• Develop some sort of model for curriculum
  revision
• Read the TEKS
• Plan for Professional Development (rubrics,
  context, strategies)

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From TAAS to TAKS

• Use the released tests from 2001 and 2002
• Identify the TEKS tested by each item
• Reorganize by TAKS objectives
• Use the information booklet information to
  compare the context of the item (will there be a
  different format?)
• Which student expectations were not yet tested?
• How will classroom assessments better mirror the
  expectations on the TAKS?

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Student Profile

• Use the item analysis top determine the objective
  of each question
• Mark whether the student answered correctly
• Calculate the TAKS score

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SSI
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