Download this for the complete training powerpoint for Special Education and Genral Education Staff.

Download the complete guide to the ARD Decision Making Process.
May also be downloaded from the TEA website at: www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/admin/2007_2008_ARD_Manual_tagged.pdf

Download this PDF File of the ARD Decision Making Guide here. May also be downloaded from the TEA website at: www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/admin/AccommManual_2007_08_tagged.pdf

This chart summarizes accommodations that are allowable on TAKS, TAKS-Accommodated and TAKS-M.

www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/taksalt/index.html#instruction

The TEKS Vertical Alignment documents provide a complete listing of the TEKS curriculum from pre-kindergarten through exit level for reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. These documents provide a total overview of the knowledge and skills statements and align student expectations across the grades. The student expectations provide access points to the general education curriculum by serving as prerequisite skills for TAKS–Alt.

Complete listing of FAQ created by TEA for the State Assessment System

The TAKS-M blueprints establish the length of each test and the number of test items measuring each objective. They have been developed to ensure that each subject-area/grade-level test includes a variety of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment. In addition, each subject-area blueprint reflects an appropriate distribution of the TEKS across objectives for that grade level.

The TAKS-M blueprints establish the length of each test and the number of test items measuring each objective. They have been developed to ensure that each subject-area/grade-level test includes a variety of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment. In addition, each subject-area blueprint reflects an appropriate distribution of the TEKS across objectives for that grade level.

The TAKS-M blueprints establish the length of each test and the number of test items measuring each objective. They have been developed to ensure that each subject-area/grade-level test includes a variety of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment. In addition, each subject-area blueprint reflects an appropriate distribution of the TEKS across objectives for that grade level.

The TAKS-M blueprints establish the length of each test and the number of test items measuring each objective. They have been developed to ensure that each subject-area/grade-level test includes a variety of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment. In addition, each subject-area blueprint reflects an appropriate distribution of the TEKS across objectives for that grade level.

The TAKS-M blueprints establish the length of each test and the number of test items measuring each objective. They have been developed to ensure that each subject-area/grade-level test includes a variety of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) student expectations eligible for assessment. In addition, each subject-area blueprint reflects an appropriate distribution of the TEKS across objectives for that grade level.

Admission, review and dismissal (ARD) committees will use the participation requirements to determine if TAKS–M is the appropriate assessment for a student.