Premise: Before we collect more data, let's intervene on the data we have.
Premise: Our work does not have to look like a STAAR test.
Premise: There's a lot of thinking and work to be done BEFORE you can answer a question. Most of that isn't a TEK.
Premise: Answering multiple choice questions is a completely different skill than any of our TEKS. Answering questions is about thinking and reasoning that you do while reading the source text and while analyzing the question and choices.
Premise: The English course is essentially the SAME course for all grades. Hate me if you want, but listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and thinking are the same K-12. The only difference is text complexity.
Premise: Thinkers must be able to examine a text and make decisions without the use of questions and in their own writing and that of others.
Premise: Skills and content are best practiced and mastered when we mess with and apply those things in our own writing.
Explanation and Process:
Prioritizing what we have for specific purposes
- Use the 2023 released exam for the previous grade level for analysis and instructional material.
- Use the 2023 ECR and SCR samples. Use them for exemplars. Use them for sample texts to revisit/revise. Give them to students so they can grapple with their responses (or lack of response) and improve.
- Use the 2022 full length practice exam for crafting common based assessments or formative assessments. (I know, it's not psychometrically aligned, but it's what we have. You could also use and revise some of the previous STAAR exams.)
- Save the 2023 released exam for the current grade for the benchmark in December or January.
Resources for English I:
For Instruction:
Analysis and Tools for 8th Grade Released Exam
Powerpoint (in draft to show the process, more to come as time permits)
For Assessment
The Benefits of Learning to Play an Instrument: Text and Sample Prompts for ECR, SCR
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