The Texas Education Agency (TEA), in collaboration with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and Texas educators, has developed new assessment system, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), in response to requirements set forth by the 80th and 81st Texas legislatures. This new system focuses on increasing post-secondary readiness of graduating high school students and helping to ensure that Texas students are competitive with other students nationally and internationally. The STAAR program, similar to the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), includes general education, modified, alternate, and linguistically accommodated assessments.

STAAR replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills program beginning in spring 2012. To facilitate the evaluation of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2012, Texas conducted a bridge study that identifies the existing TAKS Met Standard performance standards used for AYP evaluations on the STAAR assessments. Since STAAR performance standards will not be available for the majority of the tests until late fall 2012, these “bridged” standards will be used for the 2012 AYP evaluations.

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