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STAAR

The STAAR progress measure provides information about the amount of improvement or growth a student has made from year to year. For STAAR, progress is measured as a student’s gain score, the difference between the score a student achieved in the prior year and the score a student achieved in the current year. Individual student progress is then categorized as Did Not Meet, Met, or Exceeded. 

The on-track measure for STAAR provides information about whether a student is on track to be at or above the Meets Grade Level performance category in a future targeted grade or course. This is measured using a student's gain score, and students are categorized as On Track or Not On Track.

English Learners

 TEA produces an English learner performance measure. This measure shows whether an emergent bilingual student is making sufficient progress on STAAR based on predetermined performance measure progress expectations. 

Math Badge

For students in grades 6–8, the Math Badge plays an important role in parent and teacher decision making about participation in advanced math courses such as Algebra I and Geometry. This badge is intended to be one of many tools parents or teachers may use to decide which math course would appropriately challenge a student.

STAAR Alternate 2

The STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure provides information about the amount of improvement or growth a student has made from year to year. For STAAR Alternate 2, progress is measured based on a student’s stage change from the prior year to the current year. Stage change is determined by: 1) classifying the student’s scores from the previous school year and the current school year in terms of the stage of performance achieved, and then 2) comparing the stages from year to year. Student progress is then categorized as Did Not Meet, Met, or Exceeded. 

The on-track measure for STAAR Alternate 2 provides information about whether a student is on track to be at or above the Level II: Satisfactory performance category in a future targeted grade or course. This measure examines the progress a student makes and projects where that student would be if he or she continues to make progress at the same rate over future years. Then the student is categorized as On Track or Not On Track. 

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