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It explains how new ELA and Writing course designations on the ASPIRE portal replace earlier areas and how teachers must provide linkage for separate courses or copy rosters while maintaining consistent student claims. 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Teachers responsible for “ELA” are those assigned to Reading, Language Arts, or English courses designated by the curriculum department.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How should teachers handle linkage when students are assessed using both STAAR Reading and STAAR Writing?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Teachers must provide linkage for two separate courses—one for “ELA” and a separate time for “Writing.” They may complete the rosters in this way and copy the completed roster to ensure the same students are claimed for both content areas, resulting in separate teacher reports for ELA and Writing.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What are the key linkage rules and alert considerations for TELPAS when courses include ELA+TELPAS or Writing+TELPAS?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"For “ELA+TELPAS” and “Writing+TELPAS,” teachers should link students for the appropriate percentage of instruction covering both content areas, potentially using one roster to support two content areas. 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This “ELA” designation replaces Reading and Language Arts, which were formerly separate content areas. Teachers responsible for teaching courses identified as “ELA” include teachers of Reading courses, Language Arts courses, or English courses. These courses were designated by the curriculum department. Student progress and achievement is measured by the STAAR Reading exam.  \nAlso new for the 2015–2016 linkage period, a new content area entitled “Writing” is available on the ASPIRE portal to which specific teachers will be linking students. Teachers responsible for teaching courses identified as “Writing” are specifically 4th and 7th grade teachers where the students are assessed using the STAAR Writing exam.  \nIn some courses, students are assessed using both the STAAR Reading and the STAAR Writing exam. Teachers are required to provide linkage for two separate courses (i.e., one time for “ELA”and a separate time for “Writing”) . Teachers can provide linkage for one of the courses, then copy the completed roster to the other course. Completing rosters in this way will ensure the same students are claimed for both content areas. These teachers receive two separate teacher reports – one for ELA and one for Writing.  \nTELPAS Course Designations  \nBeginning in the 2014–2015 linkage period, a content area entitled “TELPAS” was created to account for those teachers responsible for teaching language acquisition and responsible for the student gains on the TELPAS Reading exam. These teachers can be the same as the teacher responsible for ELA instruction and STAAR Reading gains, or Writing instruction and STAAR Writing gains; however, many times the teacher responsible for TELPAS student gains is different from the teacher responsible for STAAR student gains. The following guidelines will apply for teachers of students enrolled in a course which is designated as being responsible for TELPAS student gains:  \nIf the students are enrolled in a course which has been identified as “TELPAS” only:  \nTeachers should link those students in this course for the appropriate percentage of instruction they are providing for language acquisition. Linking students in a course identified as “TELPAS” only will not cause alerts and will not conflict with linkages in another subject (for example, ELA) . Linking students in multiple TELPAS-only rosters will cause overclaimed student alerts for the content area of TELPAS. Student-teacher linkages will be used to calculate TELPAS Comparative Growth teacher reports only.  \nIf the students are enrolled in a course which has been identified as “ELA+TELPAS”: Teachers should link those students in this course for the appropriate percentage of instruction they are providing for both ELA and language acquisition. Linking students in a course identified as“ELA+TELPAS” allows a teacher to link students in one roster for two content areas. If multiple teachers are responsible for the instruction of ELA or language acquisition, teachers should link appropriately so as to ensure students are not linked for more than 100% of instruction. Studentteacher linkages will be used to calculate ELA EVAAS teacher reports and TELPAS Comparative Growth teacher reports.  \nLinking students in “ELA+TELPAS” and in “TELPAS” can cause students to be claimed at more than 100% for the “TELPAS” content area. While this will not trigger an alert within the linkage system, this will need to be addressed to ensure that students are not overclaim","cbCaie4AflPabCTq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie4AflPabCTq","pdf",614165,"English","# Special Cases\n## New ELA and Writing Course Designations\n## TELPAS Course Designations\n### TELPAS only\n### ELA+TELPAS\n### Writing+TELPAS\n### ELA+TELPAS or Writing+TELPAS with no TELPAS-gains teacher","[{\"question\":\"What changes were introduced for the 2015–2016 linkage period regarding ELA and Reading/Language Arts?\",\"answer\":\"A new content area labeled “ELA” is available on the ASPIRE portal and replaces the former separate Reading and Language Arts content areas. Teachers responsible for “ELA” are those assigned to Reading, Language Arts, or English courses designated by the curriculum department.\"},{\"question\":\"How should teachers handle linkage when students are assessed using both STAAR Reading and STAAR Writing?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers must provide linkage for two separate courses—one for “ELA” and a separate time for “Writing.” They may complete the rosters in this way and copy the completed roster to ensure the same students are claimed for both content areas, resulting in separate teacher reports for ELA and Writing.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the key linkage rules and alert considerations for TELPAS when courses include ELA+TELPAS or Writing+TELPAS?\",\"answer\":\"For “ELA+TELPAS” and “Writing+TELPAS,” teachers should link students for the appropriate percentage of instruction covering both content areas, potentially using one roster to support two content areas. Linking “ELA+TELPAS” with “TELPAS” can lead to students being claimed at more than 100% for TELPAS; while this may not trigger an alert in the linkage system, it must be addressed to prevent overclaimed students, and ELA alerts can be triggered if overclaimed in ELA.\"}]","2015–2016 Verification & Linkage Process - Special Cases | PDF",1790983944,15]