DTC Chatter #2

The 2019-2020 Security Oaths for district test coordinators and superintendents are due July 31st. You may have already completed these oaths since the assessment year was cut short. If for some reason you miss the July 31st deadline, you will need to contact Student Assessment directly at TEA

The "To the Administrator Addressed" on July 27th addressed a waiver for SSI promotion requirements. If you have not read the notice, please click on the link to view.

Students in grade 5 and 8 will only be required to test for math and reading once regardless of a pass or fail. Student promotion and retention for grades 5 and 8 should be determined just as all other grade levels are determined for the 2020-2021 school year.

Please note, not ALL SSI requirements have been waived.

There are only two pieces that are being waived this year:

1) promotion/retention determination and

2) three administrations.

SSI requirements that still need to be met are:

• End-of-year notice if districts received waiver for delay from 2019–20
• Beginning-of-year notice
• 10-day reporting of students’ results
• Accelerated instruction

The TEA Student Success Initiative division will have updated forms and the updated manual posted here within the next two to three weeks. Also note the "usual" SSI grade 5 and 8 Brochures posted on the SSI website do not reflect the most recent information. Districts will not receive these brochures from TEA to mail out. Districts can elect to print them and give them to parents; however, be sure to include a letter noting the portion of SSI that has been waived for the 2020-2021 school year.

The 2020-2021 Assessment Webinars have been posted at www.texasassessment.gov If you are a new district test coordinator, these are webinars hosted by ETS (STAAR vendor) and Pearson (STAAR ALT 2 and TELPAS vendor). I highly recommend you register for these webinars and/or pass the information along to those who need it. By registering you will receive the presentation ahead of the webinar. If for some reason you miss a webinar, it usually posts the recording a week later.

• August 11th @1:30 Interim Assessment Updates and Overview
• August 13th @1:30 Interim Student Registration
• August 18th @1:30 Classroom Teachers: Interpreting Student Interim Scores
• August 20th @1:30 A Deep Dive into the Online Reporting Suite (ORS)
• August 25th @1:30 December 2020 Student Registration Updates
• Sept 1st @1:30 Registration for New District Test Coordinators
• Sept 15th @1:30 Fall Activities for the December 2020 STAAR Administration

Texas Education Agency
Student Assessment Division
1701 N. Congress Avenue, Room 3-122A
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 463-9536
Fax: (512) 463-9302

ETS Customer Service
(STAAR Grades 3–8, EOC, and Interim Assessments):
Phone:(855) 333-7770
Email:
STAAR3-8@ets.org
STAAREOC@ets.org

Pearson's Customer Service Center
(STAAR Alternate 2, TELPAS. and TELPAS Alternate):
Phone: (800) 627-0225
Email: TxPearsonAccess@support.pearson.com

Zan Wilson

325-675-8620

zwilson@esc14.net