STAAR NIGHT
February 16, 2017
Writing
Reading
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LIESTMAN ELEMENTARY
STAAR:OVERVIEW DESIGN
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 TEST IS MORE RIGOROUS
 LINKED GRADE TO GRADE
 PASSING STANDARDS ARE ALIGNED TO POST
SECONDARY READINESS
STAAR:OVERVIEW- DESIGN
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 TIME LIMIT: 4 HOURS PER DAY
 MAKE UP TESTING FOR ALL SUBJECTS
AND GRADE LEVELS
 ASSESSMENTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED
ON PAPER AND COMPUTER (IF QUALIFY)
STAAR STANDARDS
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Readiness standards have the following characteristics.
• They are essential for success in the current grade or course.
• They are important for preparedness for the next grade or course.
• They support college and career readiness.
• They necessitate in-depth instruction.
• They address broad and deep ideas.
Supporting standards have the following characteristics.
 Although introduced in the current grade or course, they may be emphasized
in a subsequent year.
 Although reinforced in the current grade or course, they may be emphasized
in a previous year.
 They play a role in preparing students for the next grade or course but not a
central role.
 They address more narrowly defined ideas.
STAAR LEVELS
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 LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE
LEVEL I UNSATISFACTORY
LEVEL II SATISFACTORY
LEVEL III ADVANCED
 WITHIN LEVEL II
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
FINAL
 ADVANCE PERFORMANCE IS IN LINE WITH
EXPECTATIONS FOR COLLEGE, WORKFORCE,
AND SUCCESS IN LIFE
TEST DATES
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Writing – March 28, 2017
Math- May 8, 2017
Reading- May 9, 2017
STATE OF TEXAS ASSESSMENTS
OF ACADEMIC READINESS
(STAAR)
SPRING 2017
OVERVIEW- WRITING
STAAR NIGHT
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4TH Grade Writing:
Test Design
Assessment is done in one day.
(see Test Design document on our website)
24 questions and one Expository Prompt
For the test session, students can work through
the test in any order: composition first or
multiple-choice first.
The 4th grade assessment will contain 8 revising
multiple choice questions, and 16 editing multiple
choice items.
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4th Grade Writing:
Composition
Students will write a one-page essay (26
lines maximum) addressing the
Expository prompt given on the test
Sample Expository Prompt
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READ the information in the box below.
There are people in our lives who are special to us.
Sometimes this person is a teacher or coach, a
parent, a brother or sister, or even a friend.
THINK about the people you care about.
WRITE about one person who has been important to you. Explain
what makes that person special.
Be sure to —
clearly state your central idea • organize your writing
develop your writing in detail
choose your words carefully
use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences
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Grade Writing:
Revision and Editing
Revision and editing are assessed separately,
with increased focus on revision as students
become more experienced and skilled writers
The revising and editing portion of the test is
75% of test and the composition portion is
25%.
Sample
Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
Samantha wrote about her favorite time of the year. Read Samantha’s paper and
think about how it should be revised. Then answer the questions that follow
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Cookie Season
(1) Some kids look forward to summer vacation. (2) Others can’t
wait for spring and the start of baseball season. (3) My favorite
time of year comes shortly after the winter holidays. (4) One day
I’ll notice a girl sitting at a table in front of the grocery store. (5)
As I walk by, she will politely ask, “Would you like to buy some
cookies?” (6) At that point I jump for joy.
Sample Revising Questions
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1. Samantha wants to add a sentence to the end of her
first paragraph (sentences 1–6). Which sentence could
she add to clearly state the central idea of her paper?
A. I jump higher than you can imagine.
B. She is talking to me, and I know it’s here!
C. Girl Scout cookie season has finally arrived!
D . Spring break and winter holidays are nothing
compared with this.
Sample
Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.
Robert wrote this paper about overcoming a fear. He would like you to read his paper
and look for any edits he needs to make. When you finish reading, answer the questions
that follow.
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Caving
(12) As we walked, the ceiling dropped lower and lower untill we
had to crawl on our hands and knees. (13) The smaller the
opening got, the more anxious I felt.
(14) Just when I thought the passageway was getting too small
for us to go any farther, it opened up again. (15) The light from my
headlamp shown that we were in an enormous room.
(16) As we paused to look around, my heart slowed back down.
Sample Editing Question
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3. What change, if any, should be made in
sentence 15?
A
B
C
D
Change shown to showed
Change that to something
Change were to was
Make no change
STATE OF TEXAS ASSESSMENTS
OF ACADEMIC READINESS
(STAAR)
SPRING 2016
OVERVIEW- READING
READING: TEST DESIGN
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STAAR reading assessments will emphasize
students’ ability to:
to “go beyond” a literal understanding of what
they read;
to make connections within and across texts;
to think critically/inferentially about different
types of texts;
to understand how to use text evidence to
confirm the validity of their ideas;
Texas Education Agency Student
Assessment Division December 2011
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Literary Text Poetry
Supporting 3.6 Figure 19. D(Inferences)
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3
Grade
Sample
Read the selection. Then choose the best answer to each
question.
The Well-Worn Path
by David Crawley
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The Well-Worn Path
by David Crawley
You scampered down this well-worn path
when you were just a pup.
And as we grew, I ran with you.
I struggled to keep up.
5 My legs grew long. Your legs grew slow.
You’re happy now to walk,
ignoring all those squirrels and birds
you once would chase and stalk.
Literary Text Poetry
Supporting 3.6 Figure 19. D(Inferences)
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6. Lines 5 through 8 are important to the
poem because they show that the dog —
A. dislikes squirrels and birds
B. wants the speaker to slow down
C. is getting older
D. is ignoring the speaker
Literary Text Poetry
Supporting 4.4 Figure 19. D(Inferences)
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4th
Grade
Sample
Literary Text Poetry
Supporting 4.11 Figure 19. D(Inferences)
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Read the next two selections. Then choose the best answer to each question.
Carmen is a student at Pleasant Hill Elementary School. “Miss D.” is Carmen’s
teacher. Miss D.’s mother, Grams, likes to visit the classroom and share her time
with the students. In this poem, Miss D. asks the class to vote on how to spend the
money left over at the end of the school year.
CARMEN
Secret Ballot
by Andrea Cheng
School’s almost out.
We have to spend the money
somehow.
We put suggestions
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Literary Text: Literary Nonfiction
Readiness 4.7 Figure 19. D (Inferences)
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3. The paragraph above the title of the poem is
included to —
A. help readers understand how the students
feel about their teacher
B. persuade readers to write a poem about a
special school event
C. encourage readers to think about their
school experiences
D. provide background information about details
that readers would not know
What you can do to help…..
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Make sure they are reading every night.
Children will have Countdown to STAAR Reading
homework with an assigned passage and questions
Children will need to track their thinking and prove
their answers (write the main idea of each
paragraph)
Prior to the tests, you should….
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Make sure that your child goes to bed at a
reasonable time.
Give your child a good breakfast the morning of
the test.
Get your child to school on time on test days (7:45)
Web Resources…
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Go to the STAAR Resources Webpage
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
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Read the updated STAAR Questions &
Answers
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/faq.pdf
Sign up for the listserv
http://miller.tea.state.tx.us/list/index.html
 IsMyChildReady.org
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www.istation.com/IstationHome/TX
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Save The Dates
for the STAAR Pep Rally
March 24, 2017 (writing)
&
May 5, 2017 (math & reading)
More information will be sent home in the near
future about this event.
THANK YOU!
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