Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, the state's standardized testing program, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) will be replaced by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). For high school students, End of Course (EOC) tests for certain high school courses will begin replacing TAKS tests in 2011-2012. For grades 3-8, TAKS tests will be replaced by the more rigorous STAAR tests. A few highlights:
· Students who are currently in 8th grade will be the first to take the End of Course tests
· Under the new EOC system, students will be required to pass 12 End of Course exams in order to graduate
· Test scores on each of the required End of Course exams will count for 15% of the student's grade in the course
· Our current curriculum (CSCOPE) will automatically be updated to include all of the changes
Although the details of the new STAAR system are still being worked out by the Texas Education Agency, we are committed to providing you up to date details regarding the changes to the testing program.
Please continue to check back as we are updating information as it arrives.
As always, feel free to contact my office with questions or concerns.
Angie Gutsch
Director of Curriculum/Federal Programs
Pottsboro ISD
(903)771-0083 X 342
