TEA Science Assessment Update

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TEA Science Assessment Update

• Cyndi Louden, Ph.D.
• TAKS Science Manager
• Student Assessment
• Texas Education Agency

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End-of-Course Exams
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Executive Order RP53Rationale

• Increase number of students
• enrolling in higher education
• completing post-secondary degree programs
• being successful in the world economy by having
  strong backgrounds in science, technology,
  engineering, and math
• Decrease number of students
• Requiring remediation in higher education

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EOC Exam Development

• Online only
• Live test is voluntary
• Convened educator focus groups and advisory
  committees to discuss blueprint, assessed
  curriculum, and prototype items

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Biology End-of-Course Exam

• Field test window April 23-May 18, 2007
• Live test window May 12-30, 2008

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Chemistry End-of-Course Exam

• Field test window May 5-23, 2008
• Live test window May 11-29, 2009

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Physics End-of-Course Exam

• Field test window May 5-23, 2008
• Live test window May 11-29, 2009

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Participation

• Committee member selection based upon
  demographics
• Recommendation forms available at
  http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/deve
  lop/recform.pdf

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• Whats
• New
• with
• TAKS Science?

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Grade 8 Science TAKS

• First live test in Spring 2006
• School accountability ratings in 2008
• Covers TEKS from grades 6, 7 and 8
• Formula Chart with Ruler
• Periodic Table
• No calculators

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TAKS-Inclusive

• Science Grades 5, 8, 10 and Exit Level
• For students working at or near grade level
• No field test items
• Larger font, more white space
• Expanded accommodations
• Same passing standards

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TAKS-Alt

• For the severely cognitively disabled students
• Online checklist of TEKS-based activities

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http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/AssessmentResu
lts/
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Items Correct by Objectives (Percent Items
Correct) All Students
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Demographic Summary (Percent Items Correct)Grade
5
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Demographic Summary (Percent Items Correct)Grade
8
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Physical Science Note

• 8th grade students did much better on Motion,
  Forces, and Energy than Structures and Properties
  of Matter
• Least variation in Asian Scores (7)
• Most variation in White Scores (15)
• Other groups had score variations of 12 or 13,
  including males, females, African Americans and
  Hispanics

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Demographic Summary (Percent Items Correct)Grade
10
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Demographic Summary (Percent Items Correct)Grade
11
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Life Science Note

• In 11th grade all student groups had average
  percent items correct about 10 points higher for
  Interdependence of Organisms and the Environment
  than for Organization of Living Systems

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http//www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/deve
lop/recform.pdf

• www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/reporting/r
  esults/item analysis/ index

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For Updates

• Join the curriculum and assessment listserves at
  http//tea.state.tx.us/list/

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• Cyndi Louden

science.test_at_tea.state.tx.us [phone]