Welcome to this month’s update curated for district Chief Academic
Officers. We've kept this bulletin brief to celebrate the end of the school year and to welcome in summer. Thanks for all you do for Texas students.
Chapters 1–9 of
the 2018 Accountability Manual are now available. Because of the required
administrative rulemaking process, these chapters are not yet final. The public comment period on
the proposed rules (including the manual) opened Friday, May 18,
2018, and closes on Monday, June 18, 2018. Public comments may be made
through the TEA
website or
to performance.reporting@tea.texas.gov.
On May 9th, the Commissioner sent a notice to administrators about teacher access to the STAAR student portal. By
working with their district testing coordinators, educators can 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. We
have created sample logins for teachers to go in and see the portal for
themselves.
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