Progress Measures

In 2020, progress measures are not available due to the cancellation of STAAR testing. 

The documents in the sections below are based on the two year, 2020-2021 progress measures that was used for report-only purposes. For more information, see the correspondence to district and education service center testing coordinators.

STAAR Progress Measure

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. More information can be found in the links below.  

• Calculating Progress Measures (PDF updated 01/14/21)
• Questions and Answers (PDF updated 01/14/21)  
• A Parent's Guide to the STAAR Progress Measure (English version PDF updated 01/14/21) 
• A Parent's Guide to the STAAR Progress Measure (Spanish version PDF posted 01/14/21) 

STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure

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. 

• ​​​STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure Q&A (PDF updated 05/17/21)