Technical Digest 2021-2022
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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.
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- 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 5: STAAR Alternate 2
- Chapter 6: Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)
- Chapter 7: TELPAS Alternate
- Chapter 8: Resources
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Quality Control System
- Appendix B: STAAR Statistical Tables
- STAAR 2022 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR 2022 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR 2022 Raw Score to Scale Score (RSSS) Conversion Tables and Conditional Standard Error of Measurement (CSEM)
- STAAR 2022 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR 2022 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR 2022 On-Track Results
- STAAR 2022 Score Distributions and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR 2022 English Learner Performance Measure
- Appendix C: STAAR Alternate 2 Statistical Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 Classification Accuracy Tables
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 Correlation Estimates
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 RSSS Conversion Tables and CSEM
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 Mean Item Scores and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 Progress Measure Results by Content Area and Grade
- STAAR Alternate 2 2022 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- Appendix D: TELPAS Statistical Tables
- TELPAS 2022 Classification Accuracy Table
- TELPAS 2022 Correlation Estimates
- TELPAS 2022 RSSS Conversion Tables and CSEM
- TELPAS 2022 Mean P-Values and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- TELPAS 2022 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade
- TELPAS 2022 Validity Evidence Based on the Consequences of Testing (Proficiency Level Trends)
- Appendix E: TELPAS Alternate Statistical Tables
- TELPAS Alternate 2022 Classification Accuracy Table
- TELPAS Alternate 2022 Correlation Estimates
- TELPAS Alternate 2022 RSSS Conversion Tables and CSEM
- TELPAS Alternate 2022 Mean Item Scores and Internal Consistency Values by Reporting Category and Content Area
- TELPAS Alternate 2022 Score Distribution and Statistics by Content Area and Grade