Calculating2015STAARProgressMeasures

Step1.DetermineifthestudentshouldreceiveaSTAARprogressmeasure.

Inordertoreceiveaprogressmeasurein2015,astudentmustmeetALLofthefollowingcriteriawithin
thesamecontentarea(mathematics,reading,writing,orEnglish):
Haveavalidscorefromtheprioryear1andthecurrentyear
Havetestedinsuccessivegradelevelsorendofcourse(EOC)testsintheprioryearandthe
currentyear.StudentswhotookthesamegradelevelorEOCtestintheprioryearandthe
currentyearwillnotreceiveaprogressmeasure.StudentswhotakeSTAARassessmentsand
haveskippedagradelevelbetweentheprioryearandthecurrentyear,willreceiveaprogress
measure.
HavetakenaSTAARorSTAARLtestintheprioryearandaSTAAR,STAARL,orSTAARAtestin
thecurrentyear.
ForSTAARreadingandwritingassessments,havetakentestsinthesamelanguageintheprior
yearandthecurrentyear(i.e.,EnglishorSpanish).

NotethatstudentsidentifiedaslimitedEnglishproficient(LEP)andtestedinSpanishlanguagetest
versionsmustalsomeetthecriteriaabove.LEPstudentstestedinEnglishlanguagetestversionswill
onlyreceiveaSTAARprogressmeasureiftheyarenoteligiblefortheELLprogressmeasure.
Ifastudentdoesnotmeetoneormoreofthesecriteria,thestudentwillnotreceiveaprogress
measure.Somestudentsmaymeetthecriteriaandreceiveaprogressmeasureforonecontentarea
butnotanother.

ThefollowingstepsapplyforstudentswhotookSTAAR,STAARL,orSTAARAtests.

Step2.CompiletheneededinformationtocomputeaSTAARprogressmeasure.

Inordertocalculatetheprogressmeasure,thefollowingstudentinformationisneeded:
Testinformationfromthecurrentyear,including
o Gradelevel
o Contentarea(i.e.,subject)
o Testlanguage(EnglishorSpanish)
o Scalescore
o Rawscore
o Performancelevel(LevelI,LevelII,orLevelIII)basedontheperformancestandardsin
placeinthecurrentyear(phasein1in2015)

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Forgrade7writing,theprioryearistheyearwhenthestudenttookthegrade4writingassessment

Testinformationfromtheprioryear,including
o Gradelevel
o Contentarea(i.e.,subject)
o Testlanguage(EnglishorSpanish)
o ScaleScore
o Performancelevel(LevelI,LevelII,orLevelIII)basedontheperformancestandardsin
placeintheprioryear(phasein1in20122014)
Gainscore=CurrentyearscalescorePrioryearscalescore

Step3.ComputeSTAARprogressmeasure.

UsetheGuidetoComputingSTAARProgressMeasuresandthetableonthefollowingpageto
calculateastudentsSTAARprogressmeasure.

GuidetoComputingSTAARProgressMeasures
Doesthestudentsrawscorefallwithinthetopscorerange onthecurrentyeartest?

Yes

No
Yes

Doesthestudentsrawscorefallwithinthechancescorerange onthecurrentyeartest?

No
Calculatethegainscore bysubtractingtheprioryear
test scalescorefromthecurrentyeartest scalescore.

LevelIorLevelII

No

LevelIII

Whatwasthestudentsperformance
levelontheprioryeartest (basedonthe
standardsinplaceintheprioryear)?

Isthestudentsgainscore
greaterthanorequalto
MetLevelI/II?

Yes

Yes

Isthestudentsgainscore
greaterthanorequalto
MetLevelIII?

No
No

Isthestudentsgainscore
greaterthanExceeded?

DidthestudentachieveLevelIII
performanceonthecurrentyeartest
(basedonthestandardsinplaceinthe
currentyear)?

Yes
Yes

No

DidNotMeet
Progress

MetProgress

ExceededProgress

Table1ValuesforComputingSTAARProgressMeasures
CurrentYearTest1

PriorYearTest

Grade4Mathematics7
Grade5Mathematics7
Grade6Mathematics
Grade7Mathematics
Grade8Mathematics
AlgebraI
AlgebraI
Grade4EnglishReading
Grade5EnglishReading
Grade6Reading
Grade7Reading
Grade8Reading
Grade4SpanishReading
Grade5SpanishReading
Grade7Writing
EnglishII

Grade3Mathematics
Grade4Mathematics
Grade5Mathematics
Grade6Mathematics
Grade7Mathematics
Grade7Mathematics
Grade8Mathematics
Grade3EnglishReading
Grade4EnglishReading
Grade5EnglishReading
Grade6Reading
Grade7Reading
Grade3SpanishReading
Grade4SpanishReading
Grade4EnglishWriting
EnglishI

Met
LevelI/II2
70
28
31
20
22
2322
2300
82
32
47
45
26
95
43
0
0

Met
LevelIII3
62
33
52
36
65
2535
2470
78
34
51
35
30
104
65
10
140

Exceeded4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2655
2633
165
117
136
124
109
192
162
602
831

TopScore
Range5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5254
5254
4244
4446
4648
4850
5052
4244
4446
7072
9092

ChanceScore
Range6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
012
012
011
011
012
012
013
011
011
018
018

Note:

TocalculatetheSTAARprogressmeasuretargetsforskippedgrades,usethefollowingrules:
MetLevelI/IIisthesumofalltheMetLevelI/IIvaluesfromthepreviousyeargradelevelassessmenttothecurrentyeargradelevelassessment(e.g.
TheMetLevelI/IIvalueforastudentgoingfromgrade3Englishreadingtograde6readingis161=82+32+47).
MetLevelIIIisthesumofalltheMetLevelIIIvaluesfromthepreviousyeargradelevelassessmenttothecurrentyeargradelevelassessment(e.g.
TheMetLevelIIIvalueforastudentgoingfromgrade3Englishreadingtograde6readingis163=78+34+51).
ExceededisthesumofalltheMetLevelI/IIvaluesfromthepreviousyeargradelevelassessmenttooneyearlessthanthecurrentyeargradelevel
assessmentplustheExceededvaluefromoneyearlessthanthecurrentyeargradelevelassessmenttothecurrentyeargradelevelassessment(e.g.
TheExceededvalueforastudentgoingfromgrade3Englishreadingtograde6readingis250=82+32+136).

In2015,thereisNOSTAARprogressmeasureforgrades38mathematics.TheMetLevelI/IIandMetLevelIIIvaluesareprovidedforthesegradessolelyforthe
purposeofcalculatingtheSTAARprogressmeasureforAlgebraI.
2
MetLevelI/IIisthedistanceordifferencebetweenthefinalrecommendedLevelIIstandardsonthecurrentyearandprioryeartests.
3
MetLevelIIIisthedistanceordifferencebetweentheLevelIIIstandardsonthecurrentyearandprioryeartests.
4
ExceededisthedistanceordifferencebetweenthecurrentyeartestLevelIIIstandardandtheprioryeartestfinalrecommendedLevelIIstandard.
5
TopScoreRangeistherangeofthetopthreepossiblerawscoresonthecurrentyeartest.
6
ChanceScoreRangeistherangeofrawscoresthatcouldbereasonablyattainedthroughguessingalone.ForreadingandAlgebraI,chanceisdefinedasofthe
multiplechoicequestions(i.e.,notincludinggriddablequestions).Forgrade7writing,chanceisdefinedasofthemultiplechoicequestions,plustheweighted(x2)
valueassociatedwithsummedscoreof2onthetwoessays.ChanceonEnglishIIisdefinedasofthepossiblemultiplechoicerawscorepoints,plustheweighted
(x3)valueassociatedwithsummedscoresof2ontheessay,andscoresofzeroontheshortanswerquestions.
7
AppliesforbothEnglishandSpanishmathematics.


AnExample:STAARGrade4Reading

Step1.DetermineifthestudentshouldreceiveaSTAARprogressmeasure.

ThestudentmeetsALLofthecriteriaforreading.
Thestudenthasavalidscoreforreadingin2014andavalidscoreforreadingin2015
Thestudentdidnottestinthesamegradelevels(grade3in2014andgrade4in2015)in
Englishreading
BothreadingtestswereSTAARtests(i.e.,notSTAARModifiedorSTAARAlternatein2014,and
notSTAARAlternate2in2015)
Bothreadingtestswereinthesamelanguage(English)

Sincethestudentmeetsallthecriteria,thestudentwillreceiveaprogressmeasureinreading.

Step2.CompiletheneededinformationtocomputeaSTAARprogressmeasure.

Inordertocalculatetheprogressmeasure,thefollowingstudentinformationisneeded:
Testinformationfromthecurrentyear,including
o Gradelevel4
o Contentareareading
o Scalescore1486
o Rawscore29
o PerformancelevelLevelII(basedonphasein1standards)
Testinformationfromtheprioryear,including
o Gradelevel3
o Contentareareading
o ScaleScore1331
o PerformanceLevelLevelII(basedonphasein1standards)
Gainscore=14861331=155

Step3.ComputeSTAARprogressmeasure.

ThefollowingpageillustrateshowthestudentinformationfromStep2andthevaluesinTable1areused
todeterminethevalueoftheSTAARprogressmeasure.

AnExample:STAARGrade4EnglishReading

Isthestudentsrawscorebetween42and44(topscorerange)onthecurrentyeartest,grade4Englishreading?

No,29isnotintherange
Isthestudentsrawscorebetween0to11(chancescore
range)onthecurrentyeartest, grade4Englishreading?

No,29isnotintherange
Calculatethegainscore bysubtractingtheprioryeartest, grade3Englishreading,
scalescorefromthecurrentyeartest,grade4Englishreading,scalescore.

1486 1331=155
LevelIorLevelII

Whatwasthestudentsperformancelevelon
theprioryeartest,grade3Englishreading?

Wasthestudentsgainscore
greaterthanorequaltoan82
(MetLevelI/II )?

Yes,
155>82

Wasthestudentsgainscore
greaterthana165(Exceeded)?

No,155<165

DidNotMeet
ProgressforGrade
4Englishreading

MetProgress
forGrade4
Englishreading

ExceededProgress
forGrade4
Englishreading

StudenthasMetProgressforgrade4Englishreading