1. ELL Statewide Assessment Update – Where We Are and Where We’re Headed Title III Management Institute April 21, 2009 Megan Galicia & Cristina Vazquez – Managers Gloria Zyskowski – Deputy Associate Commissioner TEA Student Assessment Division

9. Performance on TAKS

10. Spring 2008 Grade 5 TAKS Math Primary SSI Administration Percent Passing No. = Numbers tested LAT results not included Students No. % All – Eng and Spn 327,548 83 All – Eng 322,315 83 Monitored 1 – Eng 11,593 89 Monitored 2 – Eng 20,385 90 Current LEP – Eng 38,411 68 All – Spn 5,233 48

11. Spring 2008 Grade 8 TAKS Math Primary SSI Administration Percent Passing Students No. % All – Eng 309,854 75 Monitored 1 – Eng 3,436 71 Monitored 2 – Eng 7,456 71 Current LEP – Eng 18,085 41

12. Spring 2008 Grade 10 TAKS Math Percent Passing Students No. % All – Eng 293,041 63 Monitored 1 – Eng 1,986 47 Monitored 2 – Eng 2,527 52 Current LEP – Eng 14,698 26

13. LAT TAKS Spring 2008 Reading, Math, and Science Percent Passing *ELA for grade 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 R* Eng 48 26 20 22 12 15 16 Spn 64 45 41 49 M Eng 44 40 34 25 21 17 18 Spn 37 31 19 24 S Eng 22 7 10 Spn 17

14. Grade 3 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration Percent Passing *Preliminary results Students 2008 2009* All – Eng and Spn 87 89 All – Eng 88 89 Monitored 1 – Eng 97 99 Monitored 2 – Eng 93 98 Current LEP – Eng 80 83 All – Spn 82 83

15. Grade 5 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration Percent Passing *Preliminary results Students 2008 2009* All – Eng and Spn 83 82 All – Eng 83 83 Monitored 1 – Eng 89 89 Monitored 2 – Eng 86 89 Current LEP – Eng 56 57 All – Spn 72 68

16. Grade 8 TAKS Reading Primary SSI Administration Percent Passing *Preliminary results Students 2008 2009* All 92 93 Monitored 1 – Eng 92 92 Monitored 2 – Eng 93 94 Current LEP – Eng 58 63

17. ELL Results Over Time

20. Then and Now: English Reading Proficiency Percent Rated Beginning RPTE 2001 TELPAS Reading 2008 Grade 3 25 12 Grade 10 21 7

21. Secondary Reading / ELA Gains 2007 to 2008 Changes in Percent Passing Primary administrations LAT not included Grade All Students Current LEP 2007 (%) 2008 (%) 2007 (%) 2008 (%) 6 92 91 67 71 7 85 84 41 47 8 89 92 49 58 9 86 84 38 39 10 84 86 34 45 11 90 90 33 40 All LEP Gr. 8 2009 93 63

22. Then and Now: TAKS Reading Percent of ELLs Passing Primary SSI administrations Panel recommended standards 2009 results preliminary Grade Spring 2003 Spring 2009 Grade 5 Eng 32 57 Grade 5 Spn 51 68 Grade 8 25 63

23. Then and Now: Grade 4 Writing of ELLs Percent Passing 1998 TAAS 2008 TAKS ELLs Tested in English 71 86 ELLs Tested in Spanish 62 90

24. Then and Now: LAT Math Percent Passing First LAT math administration was spring 2005 Grade No. Tested Spring 2005 No. Tested Spring 2008 Grade 3 Eng 1,402 37% 1,443 44% Grade 3 Spn 1,216 27% 1,225 37% Grade 10 2,536 8% 2,989 18%

25. Texas Projection Measure & Vertical Scale

28. TPM and ELLs Note: 4 th -grade Spanish writing will be projected to 7 th -grade English writing English 8 th Grade Spanish 5 th /6 th Grade English 8 th Grade English 5 th /6 th Grade Spanish 5 th Grade Spanish 3 rd /4 th Grade English 5 th Grade English 3 rd /4 th Grade TAKS Language Projected To TAKS Language Projected From

29. Example: Grade 6 to 8 Reading Note: Grade 8 Met Standard=700, Commended Performance=850 Grade 6 Met Standard (Rdg)=644, Commended (Rdg)=797 N 681 700 550 550 225.28 8 N 691 550 640 550 225.28 7 N 669 550 550 550 225.28 6 Y 717 550 550 650 225.28 5 Y 724 650 550 650 225.28 4 Y 709 600 600 600 225.28 3 Y 850 775 775 775 225.28 2 Y 741 640 640 640 225.28 1 Met TPM? PROJECTION CAMP_R M_VSS R_VSS INTERCEPT 0.0784 0.2511 0.4770 Student Scores

36. Future