Region 10 ELAR Monthly Updates

Welcome back to a wonderful new school year and back to our monthly Region 10 ELAR Newsletter! We hope you are off to a great start. As a reminder, our newsletter will be sent out on the first Monday of each month. You can find previous months' newsletters archived at the bottom. We are looking forward to continuing our updates and making new connections with you.

TEA has posted updated STAAR resources. These updates were released in phases over the last few weeks. Currently, finalized blueprints, an updated slide deck on RLA new question types, and the 2022 full length practice tests on the Cambium site have been posted (see Online samplers of new question types below). Scoring guides, including student writing samples, for the short and extended constructed response items are expected to be released later this fall.

• Full Length Assessments for Redesign
• Answer keys to online samplers of new question types
• New question types by grade level and content area (PDF posted 1/27/22)
• New question types scoring and reporting guides
  • Math (PDF posted 8/15/22)
  • Reading Language Arts (PDF posted 08/19/22)
  • Science (PDF posted 1/27/22)
  • Social Studies (PDF posted 1/27/22)
  • Spanish Reading Language Arts (PDF posted 1/27/22)
• Updated test blueprints

9:00-9:30

• In Person Welcome & Networking

9:30-11:00 (ZOOM audience will join us for this informational portion)

• CREST updates

• RLA STAAR

• Fall Offerings

11:00-Noon

• In Person Closing Activities

• Sept. 29 (F2F and Zoom options) ELAR Cadre
• Oct. 11 Creating STAAR Thinkers & Writers - Chandra Shaw
• Oct. 11 College Board: Big Future (more details coming soon)
• Oct. 11 College Board: Program Updates (more details coming soon)
• Oct. 13 Small Group Reading Instruction (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• Oct. 20 Writing Across the Curriculum (K-12)- Chandra Shaw
• Oct. 25 Mind the Gap (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• Oct. 25 Academic Rigor: Using STEM to Drive Cross-Curricular Connections - Jennifer Gunn
• Oct. 26 Back That Thang’ Up: Using Evidence to Support Constructed Response - Chandra Shaw
• Nov. 4 Writing Across the Curriculum (K-12) - Chandra Shaw
• Nov. 10 Creating STAAR Thinkers & Writers - Vicki Reynolds
• Nov. 14 Building Language Comprehension (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• Dec. 1 Creating STAAR Thinkers & Writers - Jennifer Gunn
• Dec. 2 High-Yield Strategies for ELAR Acceleration (3-12) - Chandra Shaw

• Sept. 8 RLA Assessment Updates and New Item Types (3-12) - Chandra Shaw
• Sept. 12 College Board: AP Classroom for Administrators (Zoom)
• Sept. 13 Advanced Academics: An Overview of SAT & ACT Alignment to Texas Standards for Instructional Decisions (Zoom) - Jennifer Gunn
• Sept.15 RLA Assessment Updates and New Item Types (3-12) - Chandra Shaw
• Nov. 3 Using HyperRubrics to Boost Student Writing - Chandra Shaw
• Nov. 10 Using HyperRubrics to Boost Student Writing - Chandra Shaw

• October Teaching Reading IS Science! The Science of Teaching Reading Independent Exploration (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• October Interconnected Language and Literacy Skills (Grades 6-12) - Jennifer Gunn
• November Teaching Reading IS Science! The Science of Teaching Reading Independent Exploration (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• November Interconnected Language and Literacy Skills (Grades 6-12) - Jennifer Gunn

The Region 10 ELAR team provides literacy support through professional development services, instructional coaching, and technical assistance.

Email: chandra.shaw@region10.org
Website: https://www.region10.org/programs/english-language-arts-and-reading-program/overview/
Location: 400 East Spring Valley Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: (972)348-1564
Twitter: @R10ELA

• September 2022