The Texas Education Agency has proposed the following rule regarding assessment and performance standards in the September 15 edition of the Texas Register.
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TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Proposed Rule
- ASSESSMENT – PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 19 TAC §101.3041 – The proposed amendment updates the performance standards for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness and STAAR® Alternate 2 based on the redesigned testing programs. With changes made to the statewide assessment program introduced by HB 3906 and amended by HB 3261, has altered the rules to align performance standards continue to accurately reflect what students know and can do through a standard-setting process. Educators from across the state convened to provide their expert opinions and verify that the cut points and related scale scores are appropriate for the redesigned STAAR® and STAAR® Alternate 2 assessments. The commissioner of education has approved updated performance standards for all STAAR® assessments and for STAAR® Alternate 2 reading language arts assessments. The performance standards adopted would be modified to reflect the newly approved standards as follows.
- The performance standards for all STAAR® Grades 3-8 assessments would be updated. References to Grades 4 and 7 writing assessments would also be removed.
- The performance standards for STAAR® Alternate 2 Grades 3-8 reading language arts assessments would be updated. References to Grades 4 and 7 writing assessments would also be removed.
- The performance standards for all five STAAR® EOC assessments would be updated. References to Algebra II and English III would also be removed.
- The performance standards for STAAR® Alternate 2 English I and English II EOC assessments would be updated
- The proposed amendment would make technical edits related to assessment program names to ensure consistency across administrative rules.