UPDATE: Commissioner Morath has enabled teachers to see the released tests! Link here to portal.
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Dear
Administrators,
Last summer, the Texas Education Agency launched the brand
new STAAR Student Portal for parents. Built in conjunction with a
redesign of TexasAssessment.com,
the portal provides parents with quick access to their student’s STAAR
results, year-over-year growth information, individual student responses
to actual test items, and even details like the student expectations
covered by the items and wrong answer rationales.
We believe teachers should have access to this tool as well.
This letter contains instructions on how educators can access
the portal so that they’re able to experience the site for themselves and
answer any/all questions from parents. By working with their district
testing coordinators, they can also use the tool for purposes of
immediate remediation with students in need of additional help. It is
important to note that since the portal includes access to real test
content which has not been released yet, educators should refrain from
duplicating or disseminating any test items until they are formally
released this August.
Teacher Access To The Portal
We have created sample logins for teachers to go in and see
the portal for themselves. These logins can be viewed here
and can also be found in the Help section of the STAAR
Assessment Management System by downloading the document Student
Portal Generic Credentials for STAAR Grades 5 and 8. When they
navigate to the actual test items, they will see something that looks
like the following:
Please note that although teachers will be viewing real test
items from this year, the responses are for a fictitious student.
Therefore, the campus and district level reporting for these sample
reports will also be fictitious.
Teacher Access to Individual Student Information
For purposes of immediate remediation, district testing
coordinators can provide teachers with the item responses for each
student in their classroom. Teachers can then use the student responses,
item rationales, and the student expectations assessed to inform
instruction and help individual students who have not yet demonstrated
mastery of the content.
If a parent wishes to discuss specific student performance
with a teacher, the parent may provide the teacher with his or her
student’s Access Code so that the teacher can see the student’s actual
responses. We encourage teachers and parents to sit down together to go
over items in detail if the teacher believes it will be helpful.
If you have questions regarding this information, or if you
need further assistance, please call TEA’s Student Assessment Division at
(512) 463-9536.
Sincerely,
Mike Morath
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Teachers and Administrators - This is critical information as you prepare your students to take the next administration! You don't have to wait until the tests are released this summer to analyze and support students! You can SEE the test passages, questions, and rationale for how these students performed. TEA has released the information to parents through the parent portal.
The information to log in is at the bottom of the Confidential Student Report. Navigate to
https://texasassessment.com/ and plug in the information.
Click on Detailed Results. These are the tests that are available.
And this is what you can see:
Suggestion: When you get the CSR's, have kids log in to their portal. Lead a class activity where you help kids analyze and compare their results. They can use that information to identify strengths and weaknesses that lead to setting goals for improvement and seeking guidance for things they just didn't understand.
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