TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Texas Regional Collaboratives Math Directors Meeting February 12, 2008 Norma Torres-Martinez Director of Mathematics Erika Pierce Assistant Director of Mathematics Curriculum Division

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Mathematics Instructional Coaches Pilot Program Status Update

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program  Districts or campuses are eligible to participate if they have exhibited characteristics that strongly correlate with high dropout rates during each of the three preceding school years (§39.358)  High percentage of economically disadvantaged  Low passing rates for TAKS math

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program  TEA will post Eligibility List by school district  not individual campuses  Eligibility list posted at same time as RFA  Intent for it to post no later than 2/15/08

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program  Requests for Application (RFA)  Only districts on the Eligibility List are eligible to apply for RFA  Those on Grants listserv will receive automatic notice of RFA posting   Grant Announcements – RFA s – RFP s

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program  RFA due date  Sometime before April 1 st  Exact date will be posted on the RFA  Grant contract period  July 1, 2008 to May 31, 2010

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 HB 2234: Math Instructional Coaches Pilot Program  Provider list  scheduled to be available week of March 10th

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Dale Fowler Office of Education Initiatives Texas Education Agency phone: (512) fax: (512) “ All Texas students will graduate high school ready for college and career success and prepared to be contributing members of the community”

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Texas Math Diagnostic System (TMDS)  New items aligned to TEKS have been developed and uploaded  Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II  Items currently being transadapted into Spanish  Available late spring 2008

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 College Readiness Program A Collaborative Project between the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Overview  Created under Article 5, HB 1 (79 th, 3 rd Called Session, Section )  3 Phases of Work  Commission for a College Ready Texas (CCRT) appointed by the Governor

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 3 Phases  Phase I: Teams of 10 in each core subject develop College Readiness Standards (CRS)  Approved by THECB (Jan 2008)  Presented to Commissioner Robert Scott for approval and submission to SBOE for incorporation into the TEKS  Phase II: Gap Analysis by Vertical Teams  Recommend how TEKS can be aligned to CRS  Phase III: Develop instructional strategies and support materials

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Contact Information  Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)  Texas Education Agency (TEA) Joseph Kulhanek, Director of the College Readiness Program

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Student Assessment Mathematics Update

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Student Success Initiative (SSI) TAKS MATHEMATICS GRADE 5 & 8  First administration—April 8, 2008  Second administration—May 13, 2008  Third administration—July 1, 2008

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 REVISED March 2008 Student Assessment Testing Calendar  Overlap of March 4, 2008 date  TAKS assessments &  Texas primary voting

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 TAKS Mathematics Information Booklets  Grades 6–11 booklets have been revised to reflect the refinements to the TEKS and are available on the TEA website  Grades 3–5 booklets have been posted on the student assessment website  Look under “What’s New”

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Senate Bill 1031  Phases-out high school TAKS and replaces it with EOC assessments in  Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry  English I, English II, English III  Biology, Chemistry, Physics  U.S. History, World History, World Geography  Freshman class of is first group to have EOC as graduation requirement

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 EOC Assessments Implementation Plan EOC ExamSpring 2007Spring 2008Spring 2009Spring 2010Spring 2011Spring 2012Spring 2013 Algebra I Operational                          Geometry Field TestOperational                      Biology Field TestOperational                      Chemistry Field TestOperational                  US History Field TestOperational                  Physics Field TestOperational               World Geography Field TestOperational              English I Field TestOperational          Algebra II Field TestOperational          English II Field TestOperational      World History Field TestOperational      English III Field TestOperational

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 End-of-Course Assessments  Algebra I Administered in current form since 2005  Geometry Field test—spring 2007 Operational test—spring 2008  Algebra II Field test—spring 2010 Operational test—spring 2011  For more information go to the EOC homepage on the TEA website at admin/eoc/index.html admin/eoc/index.html

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 TAKS vs. EOC SIMILARITIES  Based on TEKS  Graphing calculator must be provided  Mostly multiple-choice questions with a limited number of open-ended (griddable) items  Field-test items embedded in live test  Untimed

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 TAKS vs. EOC DIFFERENCES Coverage of the Algebra I TEKS  TAKS grade 9 covers about 74% of Algebra I TEKS  TAKS grade 10 covers about 90% of Algebra I TEKS  TAKS exit level covers about 90% of Algebra I TEKS  Algebra I EOC assessment covers about 90% of Algebra I TEKS

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 TAKS vs. EOC DIFFERENCES Coverage of the Geometry TEKS  TAKS grade 9 covers 0% of Geometry TEKS; it includes grade 8 geometry skills  TAKS grade 10 covers 0% of Geometry TEKS; it includes grade 8 geometry skills  TAKS exit level covers about 54% of Geometry TEKS  Geometry EOC assessment covers about 89% of Geometry TEKS

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 TAKS vs. EOC  TAKS grade 9 has 52 items  TAKS grade 10 has 56 items  TAKS exit level has 60 items  TAKS has 1-2 griddable items DIFFERENCES  Algebra I EOC has 50 items  Geometry EOC has 44 items  Algebra II EOC has ??? items  EOC assessments have 3-5 griddable items

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

TEA update for TRC 2/12/ PAEMST Nominations K-6 Math Teachers  Nominations deadline: March 1, 2008   PAEMST automatically notifies teachers of their nomination  Application deadline: May 1, 2008  Mostly an online process  Some requirements  Videotape of lesson being taught  Letters of recommendation

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Math List Serve Please Join… Our way of “shouting out” to you when you are busy And something Important comes Up for math In Texas…

TEA update for TRC 2/12/8 Norma Torres-Martinez Director of Mathematics Erika Pierce Assistant Director of Mathematics Julie Guthrie Director of Math and Science Assessments Larry Duncan Manager of TAKS Mathematics

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