Technical Digest 2014-2015
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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 4A: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Mathematics Addendum
Chapter 6: Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
Chapter 7: Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
Appendix A: Quality Control System (QCS)
Appendix B: STAAR Statistical Tables
- STAAR 2015 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR 2015 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR 2015 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR 2015 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR 2015 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR 2015 On-Track Results
- STAAR 2015 English Language Learner (ELL) Progress Measure Results
- STAAR 2015 Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix C: STAAR Alternate 2 Statistical Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2015 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2015 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR Alternate 2 2015 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR Alternate 2 2015 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR Alternate 2 2015 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix D: TELPAS Statistical Tables
- TELPAS 2015 Classification Accuracy Table
- TELPAS 2015 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- TELPAS 2015 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- TELPAS 2015 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