Midlothian Independent School District

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Required Assessments Under Title 1

State Assessment of Academic Skills (STAAR)

STAAR Grades 3-8
Every student receiving instruction in the essential knowledge and skills shall take the appropriate criterion-referenced assessments, as required by Education Code Chapter 39, Subchapter B [see Testing in Grades 3–8, below]. Education Code 39.023(a), (c), (f); 19 TAC 101.5 

STAAR EOC High School
A student may not receive a high school diploma until the student has performed satisfactorily on end-of-course (EOC) assessment instruments [see End-of-Course Assessments, below]. Education Code 39.025(a); 19 TAC 101.4001 

STAAR Alt 2
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) shall develop or adopt appropriate criterion-referenced alternative assessment instruments to be administered to each student in a special education program for whom a state assessment instrument adopted under Education Code 39.023(a), even with allowable accommodations, would not provide an appropriate measure of student achievement, as determined by the student’s admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee, including assessment instruments approved by the commissioner of education that measure growth. The assessment instruments developed or adopted, including the assessment instruments approved by the commissioner, must, to the extent allowed under federal law, provide a district with options for the assessment of students. 

TELPAS - English Language Proficiency Tests
In kindergarten through grade 12, an English learner shall be administered state-identified English language proficiency assessments annually in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to fulfill state assessment requirements under Education Code Chapter 39, Subchapter B, [see EKB] and federal requirements. 19 TAC 101.1003(a) 

Additional Required Assessments 

Second Grade
Each school district shall administer, at the first and second grade levels, a reading instrument on the list adopted by the commissioner or by the district-level committee. The district shall administer the reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's recommendations under Subsection (a)(1).

  • Reading: MAP Growth 
  • DIBELS: Phonics Word Recognition

First Grade
Each school district shall administer, at the first and second grade levels, a reading instrument on the list adopted by the commissioner or by the district-level committee.  The district shall administer the reading instrument in accordance with the commissioner's recommendations under Subsection (a)(1).

  • Reading: Amplify mClass

  • Dyslexia Screener (TEC 38.003)

Kindergarten Assessment 
An assessment instrument under Education Code 39.023 may not be administered to a kindergarten student except for the purpose of determining whether the student is entitled to the benefit of the Foundation School Program [see FD]. Education Code 39.023(a16) 

  • Reading: Amplify mClass

  • Dyslexia Screener 

Prekindergarten
Performance on an assessment instrument administered to students in prekindergarten may not be considered for any purpose related to Education Code Chapters 39 and 39A. Education Code 39.0237 

  • CLI CIRCLE - Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, Emotional, Social Characteristics

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