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Texas Project FIRST Resources:
- Statewide Assessments
- Background – Why is my child tested?
- ARD Committee Decision Making/STAAR
- STAAR Online
- STAAR Alternate 2
- Exceptions
- District Assessments
Texas Education Agency Resources:
- Texas Assessment - Learn more about your child's score and how to help improve it
- Assessments for Students with Disabilities
- Accommodation Resources
- STAAR Resources (includes FAQs, Curriculum tested, blueprints, and released questions)
- Assessment Calendar
- STAAR Online Resources
- Dyslexia Resources
- STAAR L Resources
- STAAR Alternate 2 Resources
- Medical Exception or No Authentic Academic Response Eligibility
- Assessment policy for Military Children
- Curriculum Framework – Learn how to access grade level curriculum while working on pre-requisite skills.
- FitnessGram® – Learn about the test and any exemptions for students with disabilities
- STAAR Student and Family Portal - Provides parents with quick access to their student’s STAAR results, year-over-year growth information, individual student responses to actual test items, and tips on helping your child succeed.
Commissioners Recommended List of Reading Assessments (K-2 & 7)
Student Success Initiative – Grade advancement requirements for students in grade 5 and 8 taking Reading and Math assessments
Legal Framework for Child Centered Special Educations Process –
- State and District Wide Assessments
- Intensive Program of Instruction – for students who do not perform satisfactorily on the statewide assessment
Region 1 - Accelerated Instruction (AI) vs Intensive Program of Instruction (IPI) flowchart
Region 13 Resources:
College Board – Applying for Accommodations for SAT/ACT
Educational Testing Service – Test Takers with Disabilities (eligibility, documentation, FAQs)
Texas Assessment of Knowledge & Skills (TAKS) – If your child entered 9th grade BEFORE 2011-2012 school year, they will still take either TAKS or TAKS-Modified.