 Dear Administrators,
Last
summer, the Texas Education Agency launched the brand new STAAR Student Portal
for parents. Built in conjunction with a redesign of TexasAssessment.com, the portal provides parents with quick
access to their student’s STAAR results, year-over-year growth information, individual student responses to actual test
items, and even details like the student expectations covered by the items and
wrong answer rationales.
We
believe teachers should have access to this tool as well.
This
letter contains instructions on how educators can access the portal so that
they’re able to experience the site for themselves and answer any/all questions from parents. By working with their district testing
coordinators, they can also use the tool for purposes of immediate remediation
with students in need of additional help. It is important to note that since
the portal includes access to real test content which has not been released yet,
educators should refrain from duplicating or disseminating any test items until
they are formally released this August.
Teacher Access To The Portal
We
have created sample logins for teachers to go in and see the portal for
themselves. These logins can be viewed here and can also be found in
the Help section of the STAAR
Assessment Management System
by downloading the document Student
Portal Generic Credentials for STAAR Grades 5 and 8. When they navigate to
the actual test items, they will see something that looks like
the following:
 Please
note that although teachers will be viewing real test items from this year, the
responses are for a fictitious student. Therefore, the campus and district
level reporting for these sample reports will also be fictitious.
Teacher Access to Individual
Student Information
For
purposes of immediate remediation, district testing coordinators can provide
teachers with the item responses for each student in their classroom. Teachers
can then use the student responses, item rationales, and the student
expectations assessed to inform instruction and help individual students who have
not yet demonstrated mastery of the content.
If
a parent wishes to discuss specific student performance with a teacher, the
parent may provide the teacher with his or her student’s Access Code so that the
teacher can see the student’s actual responses. We encourage teachers and
parents to sit down together to go over items in detail if the teacher believes
it will be helpful.
If you have questions regarding this information, or if
you need further assistance, please call TEA’s Student Assessment Division at
(512) 463-9536.
Sincerely,
Mike Morath
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