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Kevin Weaver

New Teachers: Working With Parents | Edutopia - 1 views

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parents teachers new teachers conferences 1st day

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  • Kevin Weaver on 15 Aug 15
     
    Great ideas for working with parents and the community.
anonymous

Important Changes to the Texas Assessment Program for the 2015-2016 School Year - 0 views

tea.texas.gov/interiorpage_wide.aspx

2015 updates assessment

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      anonymous on 04 Sep 15
       
      Help for calculator usage - may use iPads with calc apps
  • individual graduation committee (IGC) for students in grades 11 and 12 who have not met the STAAR testing requirements for graduation
  • 85% of students can complete the grades 3–5 assessments in two hours
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  • 85% of students can complete the grades 6–8 assessments in three hours
  • redesign the STAAR grades 4 and 7 writing tests
  • one four-hour administration
  • redesigned grades 3-8 assessments
  • beginning in
  • spring 2017
  • The assessment results of out-of-state transfer students will be reported separately from the results of a district’s or school’s other students.
  • prior to the 2011–2012 spring administration
  • earned high school credit for a course for which there is an EOC assessment prior to enrollment in a Texas public school and the credit has been accepted by a Texas public school
  • not required to take that EOC in order to receive a Texas diploma
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 04 Sep 15
       
      State EOCs exceptions for graduation credit - 1) if student comes from out of state and has credit for course, student is not required to take the EOC for that course; 2) if student earns credit for an EOC tested course prior to 2011-2012 spring administration
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 04 Sep 15
       
      2) should say, that student is not required to take that EOC for graduation credit
  • CHANGES TO TELPAS HOLISTIC RATING TRAINING
  • the number of opportunities to calibrate will be reduced from three sets to two sets
  • supplemental support provider training requirements will be eliminated
  • local procedures must be established f
  • monitored setting
  • a new website t
  • more streamlined training experience
  • TELPAS WRITING AUDIT
  • TELPAS writing audit in spring 2016
  • eachers are trained to use the TELPAS Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) to rate the English language proficiency
  • teacher raters match those assigned by state audit raters,
  • feedback from teacher raters on the quality of their training for writing
  • will be notified in the spring of their participation
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 04 Sep 15
       
      Will know if we are selected for the audit in the Spring of 2016.
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