STAAR Assessment Update
Caddo Mills ISD
What is the STAAR?
- Federal and state laws require that all students participate in summative
assessments in grades 3 -8 and in specific high school courses.
- Your child’s STAAR score provides you with the assurance that your child is prepared to enter the next grade level through the students’ mastery of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for a given course and determines college and career readiness at the high school level.
- The results provide educators and administrators with uniform information about where to focus resources and instruction to meet the needs of each student - especially in the core subjects being taught for the following school year.
Tested Grade levels and Subjects
3rd Grade - Math and Reading Language Arts
4th Grade - Math and Reading Language Arts
5th Grade - Math, Reading Language Arts, and Science
6th Grade - Math and Reading Language Arts
7th Grade - Math and Reading Language Arts
8th Grade - Math, Reading Language Arts, Science and Social Studies
High School students take the End of Course (EOC) exams and must pass in order to graduate.
English I
English II
Biology
US History
Algebra I.
STAAR Redesign and STAAR Scores
The STAAR was redesigned by the state to better align with classroom
instruction and to allow students to demonstrate their learning better.
Due to the redesign, reporting of final test results for the spring STAAR assessments will take a bit longer this year because educators from across the state will meet to provide their expert opinions on the passing scores for the redesigned assessments prior to TEA providing results to districts and families.
STAAR results will be available on a later timeline this year, with complete results available at the start of the 2023-2024 school year in August-September 2023.
Grades 3 - 8
August 11 - Districts can access scale scores and performance levels for students.
August 16 - Final results published in the Family and Analytic Portal
End-of-Course
May 31 - Districts can access scale scores and performance levels for students.
June 30 - Final results published in the Family and Analytic Portal
*Please note that the district will receive what they call "Preliminary Scores" prior to the data being released to families. The data that the district receives will be listed as the following:
- Likely did not pass
- Zone of uncertainty
- Likely passed