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Accommodation policies may apply to any student taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR ®) or the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) depending on his or her needs and whether the student meets the eligibility criteria, as applicable.
- STAAR Accessibility Educator Guide - Texas Education Agency
For STAAR, including STAAR Spanish, accessibility falls into...
- Training on Linguistic Accommodations for the STAAR Program - Texas
Writing: Test administrator must be careful not to clarify...
- STAAR Accessibility Educator Guide - Texas Education Agency
For STAAR, including STAAR Spanish, accessibility falls into three categories: accessibility features, locally-approved designated supports, and designated supports requiring Texas Education Agency (TEA) approval.
Writing: Test administrator must be careful not to clarify word meaning in a way that cues answers to items testing spelling, mechanics, and grammar. Example: Test administrator is not permitted to clarify the meaning of tested words in item assessing homonyms. Clarification in English of Word Meaning.
The term “Content and Language Supports” refers to a cluster of accommodations provided only in the online version of STAAR as pop-ups, rollovers, prereading text, and supplementary materials. Review the TEA policy document for details about allowable use of content and language supports during test administration.
22 sie 2024 · A student may NOT be required to use accessibility features during testing, and there is no need to document their use in the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) for test administrations. Accessibility features are available for use on the following assessments: STAAR, including STAAR Spanish. TELPAS
The Texas English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) require all teachers to linguistically accommodate the instruction of ELLs in their classes commensurate with the students’ English language proficiency levels. Policies for the STAAR linguistic accommodations support these ELPS requirements.
It is the intent of TEA’s Student Assessment Division that all resources created to clarify testing and accommodation policies be accessible to educators at the region, district, and campus levels, including classroom teachers.
