| Student Assessment | |
| When teachers assess students, they consider the way students
perform a variety of tasks in a variety of settings or contexts, the meaning
of their performances in terms of the total functioning of the individual,
and the likely explanations for those performances. Therefore, assessment
is the process of collecting data for the purposes of specifying and verifying
student academic growth and making decisions about students. Coupled with
this definition is the belief that grading, reporting, and communicating
student learning are some of the educators' most important responsibilities
to all stakeholders.
The intersect between the teaching, learning, and assessment processes in education in Texas focuses on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge Skills (TAKS). With these results, the state assesses a district's performance and uses that data to determine an accountability rating. The area of assessment in the Assessment and Research Department provides
information to meet the responsibilities of reporting and communicating
student learning as it is reflected in the TAKS and AEIS. |
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| SSI | Student Success Initiative |
| TAKS | Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills |
| SDAA | State Developed Alternative Assessment |
| RPTE | Reading Proficiency Tests in English |
| TELPAS | Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System |
| LDAA | Locally Developed Alternative Assessment |