Technical Digest 2015-2016
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.
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Table of Contents/Purpose
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 6: Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
Appendix A: Quality Control System (QCS)
Appendix B: STAAR Statistical Tables
- STAAR 2016 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR 2016 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR 2016 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR 2016 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR 2016 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR 2016 On-Track Results
- STAAR 2016 English Language Learner (ELL) Progress Measure Results
- STAAR 2016 Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
Appendix C: STAAR Alternate 2 Statistical Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR Alternate 2 2016 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
Appendix D: TELPAS Statistical Tables
- TELPAS 2016 Classification Accuracy Table
- TELPAS 2016 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- TELPAS 2016 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- TELPAS 2016 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade