English EOC Assessments ReadingWriting Replacement TAKS

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English EOC AssessmentsReading/Writing
Replacement TAKS

• Steven Wilder, TEA
• Martha Scarborough, Pearson

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TAKS 4th Grade Writing
Met Expectations/Commended
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TAKS 7th Grade Writing
Met Expectations/Commended
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TAKS Reading/ELA Scores
Met Expectations/Commended
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TAKS ELA 10th Grade Written Composition
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TAKS ELA 11th Grade Written Composition
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Legislation SB1031 (EOCs)

• EOC score counts as 15 of grade for course.
• All 12 end-of-course tests are high-stakes
  assessments.
• All end-of-course assessments will be based on
  the college and career readiness standards.

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HB 3 and Its Potential Effect on the Assessment
Program in 20092010

• SSI
• Eliminates grade 3 reading
• Students in grades 5 and 8 required to
  participate in accelerated instruction
  otherwise, cant be promoted if they fail TAKS
• 5th and 8th graders who fail TAKS but are
  promoted must be taught by a highly qualified
  teacher in all foundation-area subjects during
  the next school year

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HB 3 and Its Potential Effect on the Assessment
Program in 20092010

• Spanish TAKS
• Eliminates grade 6 reading and mathematics tests

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HB 3 and Its Potential Effect on the Assessment
Program in 20092010

• Release of Tests
• Maintains an every-third-year release schedule
• Limits release to primary forms only (effective
  for the 2009 release)
• Release will be online only
• Smattering of some kind between release
  yearssimilar to the fall 2008 release of items

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College and Career Readiness Standards

• Authorized under House Bill 1, 79th Texas
  Legislature, Special Called Session (2006)
• Adopted by Coordinating Board and Commissioner of
  Education in 2008
• Developed by vertical teams of college faculty
  and high school teachers in four content areas

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College and Career Readiness Standards

• Communicate postsecondary expectations in same
  language and format as high school standards
• Assist high schools in developing programs
  aligned with postsecondary expectations
• Provide a frame of reference for entry-level
  postsecondary courses statewide

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Alignment of TEKS and CCRS

• An Example of Back-mapping
• English III student expectation identified as
  critical for college and career readiness
• Summarize a text in a manner that captures the
  authors viewpoint, its main ideas, and its
  elements without taking a position or expressing
  an opinion.
• Grade 6 Summarize the main ideas and supporting
  details in a text, demonstrating an understanding
  that a summary does not include opinions.

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Alignment of TEKS and CCRS

• Performance Expectation for English III
• When reading informational texts of moderate
  complexity, the student understands the essential
  meaning of what is read. The student can infer
  the authors purpose and viewpoint determine the
  implicit main ideas, argument, or message and
  write a concise summary.

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English I, II, and III EOCs

• Focus Group convened in Austin.
• Made up of educators and college professors
• Advised on the student expectations that were
  assessable
• Advised on specific test design

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English I Advisory Group

• Included more educators from around the state
• Looked at specific selections and item types
• Advised specific wording of items and writing
  prompts

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English I Test Design

• Two-day administration reading on day 1,
  writing on day 2
• Embedded field test items
• Advanced high school course readiness measure
• Scores reported for reading, writing, and
  composite

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English I - Reading

• Base test comprised of two single and one paired
  selection
• Embedded field test will include one single or
  paired selection
• Genres assessed include fiction, literary
  nonfiction, poetry, drama, expository, and
  persuasive with procedural and media literacy
  elements embedded in informational pieces

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English I - Writing

• Two writing tasks literary and expository one
  page each on base test
• One writing task literary or expository on
  embedded field test
• Separation of revision and proofreading tasks
• Two revision and two proofreading selections on
  base test
• One revision or proofreading selection on
  embedded field test

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Replacement TAKS

• New Assessments for Grades 38
• Better reflect new TEKS curriculum
• Better link to and preparation for EOC
  assessments and college readiness
• Higher, deeper, narrower focusback-mapping
  from English III and Algebra II
• Preliminary performance expectations
• Timeline for development

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Replacement TAKS

• Timeline for Reading Grades 38
• and Writing Grades 4 and 7
• No separate field tests in 2010
• Focus group meetingssummer 2009
• Advisory committee meetingsfall 2009
• New developmentfall 2009 through 2010
• Separate field testsspring 2011
• First operational assessmentsspring 2012

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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Steve Wilder
• Student Assessment Division
• Texas Education Agency
• 512-463-6511
• steven.wilder_at_tea.state.tx.us