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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.
- 2011 STAAR Grade 7 Writing Sample Released Test Items
STAAR Grade 7 Writing. 2011 Release. Look at the picture...
- STAAR Released Test Questions - Texas Education Agency
TEA releases two types of test questions for STAAR—test...
- 2011 STAAR Grade 7 Writing Sample Released Test Items
STAAR Grade 7 Writing. 2011 Release. Look at the picture below. Sometimes it’s hard to make a decision because there are so many choices. Write a personal narrative about a time when you had to make a decision. Be sure to write in detail about the choice you made and describe what happened as a result of your decision.
TEA releases two types of test questions for STAAR—test forms and sample questions. A test form is a set of released test questions previously administered together to Texas students and reflects the STAAR test blueprints.
The goal of State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) accessibility is to ensure that each student can interact appropriately with the content, presentation, and response modes of the state assessments.
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.
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.
Students review the elements of an effective 26-line expository essay and craft an example in preparation for the STAAR exam. A sample calendar to utilize to plan 10 days of instruction is available in Resources. See Expository Essay Calendar in Resources.