Technical Digest 2013-2014
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The Technical Digest provides information to Texas testing coordinators, educators, researchers, and interested citizens about the development procedures and technical attributes of the state-mandated assessment program. This digest does not include all the information available about the assessment program in Texas. Additional information is available on the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Student Assessment Division website.
To view all available technical digests and reports, visit the Technical Digests and Reports webpage. The links below open Portable Document Format (PDF) files:
Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Assessment in Texas
Chapter 2: Building a High-Quality Assessment System
Chapter 3: Standard Technical Processes
Chapter 4: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
Chapter 7: Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
Chapter 8: Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and TAKS (Accommodated)
Appendix A: Quality Control System (QCS)
Appendix B: STAAR Statistical Tables
- STAAR 2014 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR 2014 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR 2014 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR 2014 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR 2014 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR 2014 On-Track Results
- STAAR 2014 English Language Learner (ELL) Progress Measure Results
- STAAR 2014 Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix C: STAAR Modified Statistical Tables
- STAAR Modified 2014 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR Modified 2014 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR Modified 2014 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR Modified 2014 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR Modified 2014 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR Modified 2014 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix D: STAAR Alternate Statistical Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2014 Results by Complexity Levels
- STAAR Alternate 2014 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR Alternate 2014 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix E: TELPAS Statistical Tables
- TELPAS 2014 Classification Accuracy Table
- TELPAS 2014 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- TELPAS 2014 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- TELPAS 2014 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
For additional information, contact:
Student Assessment Division
1701 North Congress Avenue, Room 3-122A
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 463-9536
student.assessment@tea.texas.gov