| Assessment Information |
| What's New |
| Changes to TAKS testing
schedule The Texas Education Agency has rescheduled TAKS testing due to a scheduling conflict with the primary elections. There will be no testing on March 4. Click here for more details on the changes. |
 Curriculum Benchmark AssessmentsThe Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department will provide Curriculum Benchmark Assessments (CBAs) that complement the Horizontal Alignment Planning Guides. These benchmarks will target high impact objectives taught during each 6-weeks (secondary schools) and 9-weeks (elementary schools) grading cycles.
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| Released TAKS
Testing for Priority Schools Tier I and Tier II schools will administer specific Released TAKS tests in some of the same content area and grade levels that CBA tests are being administered. Click here for more... |
| Useful Links to Texas Education Agency |
 Blueprints for
the Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology End-Of-Course Assessments |
| Texas
Assessment Conference Resources |
| Student Assessment newsletter (9/04/07) |
| Assessments in Mathematics |
| AMI
Handbook 2007-08 |
| AMI Assessment Schedule |
| Tips for printing TAKS Mathematics Chart To ensure that the TAKS Mathematics Charts with rulers is used consistently in the classroom, please follow the printing tips in the above document. Otherwise, the ruler will not be to scale and will create problems when students use the ruler. |
| Assessments in Language Arts |
| Student Friendly
Writing Rubric |
| TAKS Writing Rubric |
| Using Rubrics for Assessments |
RubiStar A free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php Kathy Schrocks' Guide for Educators - Assessment
Rubrics A collection of assessment rubrics and graphic organizers that may be helpful to you as you design your own. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#rubrics The Rubric Bank A wide variety of performance assessment scoring rubrics. These rubrics are examples of scoring rubrics that have been used by schools, districts and state departments of education throughout the country. http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/rubric_bank.html |