Progress Measures
The documents in the sections below are based on the one year calculations for progress measures.
2022 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 the 2021–2022 Progress Measure (PDF updated 1/25/22)
- 2021–2022 STAAR Progress Measure Questions and Answers (PDF updated 1/25/22)
- On-Track Measure Questions and Answers (PDF updated 1/25/22)
- A Parent's Guide to the STAAR Progress Measure (English version PDF updated 1/25/22)
- A Parent's Guide to the STAAR Progress Measure (Spanish version PDF updated 2/7/22)
2022 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 On-Track Measure Questions and Answers (PDF updated 4/4/22)
- STAAR Alternate 2 Progress Measure Questions and Answers (PDF updated 4/4/22)
Assessment Scoring and Reporting
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