Frisco | August 2023

EDUCATION Frisco ISD ocials ready for delayed scores from redesigned STAAR test

BY ALEX REECE

Bill 3906. Among other updates, such as a new online format, the test’s multiple choice sections cannot take up more than 75% of the exam to better line up with how students originally learned the material, said Gary Nye, FISD’s managing director of assessment and accountability. “[The TEA’s] goal is to make the STAAR test more similar to the class- room experience,” Nye said. Part of the classroom experience includes allowing students to explain the reasoning behind their answer, something the new STAAR test takes into account. What happens next? While the scores will not be released until Aug. 16, FISD sta are already planning for an expedited tutoring schedule. “Getting [scores] later doesn’t change what we do,” Fiori said. “It just

Delayed scores from the state-man- dated test’s new format should not be a cause for concern, district sta said. Final scores from the redesigned State of Texas Assessments of Aca- demic Readiness, or STAAR, will not be released until Aug. 16, shortening the time Frisco ISD typically uses to identify and help the students who may be struggling academically. At the same time, the redesign is expected to provide a better under- standing of student learning and progress within FISD, said Christy Fiori, FISD’s teaching and learning executive director. “[The changes] are all good things that we’re excited about,” Fiori said. The specics The late scores are the result of a full STAAR redesign from the Texas Education Agency rst announced in 2019 following the approval of House

Frisco ISD sta are preparing for an expedited tutoring schedule once State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness scores are released. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)

expedites the time. We don’t want kids to wait if they’re needing interventions and support based o of these results.” STAAR results also help district ocials understand the eectiveness of school curriculum leading up to the test, said Pam Orr, managing director of elementary teaching and learning at FISD. “We look at the data from across the district and identify trends,” Orr

said. “If we see that there are certain content areas or certain standards that everybody struggled on ... that’s a good reection for us to see if we need to make any curricular adjustments.” Stay tuned STAAR scores for students in the third grade or higher will be posted on the district’s Home Access Center once released by the TEA.

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