What will be assessed on STAAR in 2020-2021?
The simple answer is: ONLY the 2017 standard that TEA has determined that match a standard from the 2009 standards. That's because the assessment division has items in the assessment bank that will still work with the new standards. They will be field testing items from our NEW standards that don't have a match with the OLD ones. *NOTE: This is the assessible curriculum. We are still responsible for ALL the TEKS. You can find the entire side by sides at the bottom of this link.
What will be readiness and what will be supporting in 2020-2021?
The simple answer is this: if it was readiness in the 2009 TEKS and has a 2017 "partner", then the assessed item will be a readiness item. If it was a supporting standard in the 2009 TEKS and has a 2017 "partner", then the assessed item will be a supporting item.
Distilling what is important for writing and reading instruction
I went through the assessed curriculum document to see how TEA explained what they will be assessing. The language in the chart is directly from TEA and is organized by topic and the k3-12 Continuum.
What's on the Reading and Writing Test?
Hope this helps.
