Assessment & Evaluation Methods Flashcards
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A Texas principal must ensure that English Learners receive appropriate testing accommodations on STAAR. Which accommodation is specifically authorized for recently arrived EL students under TEA policy?
Answer: Use of a bilingual dictionary and extra testing time
TEA authorizes recently arrived ELs to use bilingual dictionaries (word-to-word) and extended time as standard linguistic accommodations on STAAR.
A campus improvement team wants to use leading indicators rather than lagging indicators to monitor student progress throughout the year. Which measure is a leading indicator?
Answer: Six-week benchmark assessment results
Benchmark assessments administered during the school year are leading indicators because they provide actionable data before high-stakes outcomes are determined.
When disaggregating STAAR data to fulfill the requirements of the Closing the Gaps domain, which student group must campuses report separately under Texas accountability?
Answer: Special education students, economically disadvantaged students, and ELs among others
The Closing the Gaps domain requires disaggregated reporting for student groups including special education, economically disadvantaged, ELs, and racial/ethnic subgroups.
A principal is evaluating the technical quality of a new district benchmark assessment. Content validity is best established by:
Answer: Having curriculum experts verify that items align to assessed TEKS
Content validity requires expert review to confirm that test items adequately and accurately represent the intended content standards (TEKS).
A special education student's IEP specifies assessment accommodations. Under IDEA and TEA guidelines, who is responsible for ensuring those accommodations are implemented during campus testing?
Answer: The campus principal, who ensures ARD decisions are implemented
The campus principal bears administrative responsibility for ensuring that all IEP accommodations, including those for assessment, are properly implemented on campus.
During a data team meeting, teachers express that formative assessment data is overwhelming because there is too much information to act on. A principal's best response is to:
Answer: Help teachers identify the two or three highest-priority data points to drive next steps
Effective data leadership means helping teachers focus on the most actionable data points rather than eliminating assessment or shifting responsibility away from teachers.
A campus performance objective states that 75% of students will score at Approaches Grade Level or above on STAAR Reading. After results are released, 68% of students met this level. What is the most appropriate first step?
Answer: Disaggregate data to identify which subgroups or instructional areas drove the gap
Disaggregating data to pinpoint where the gap occurred—by subgroup, grade level, or skill strand—is essential before designing any targeted response.