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Below are various assessments that HISD and its schools use throughout the year.  \nIn the Spring of 2012, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR™) replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) . The STAAR program at grades 3–8 will assess the same subjects and grades that were previously assessed on TAKS. At the high school level, however, grade-specific assessments will be replaced with 5 end-of-course (EOC) assessments: Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, and U.S. History.  \nThe Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) assessments will no longer be administered. Students for whom TAKS is a graduation requirement, including former TAAS and TEAMS examinees, may pursue the following options to receive a Texas high school diploma.  \n1.  Request a district decision. An examinee should contact the school district where he or she was last enrolled to request a district decision regarding whether the examinee qualifies to graduate and receive a high school diploma. More details about this option can be found in Senate Bill 463 , 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2017. More information about this option can be found in Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §74 .1027.  \n2. Achieve satisfactory performance on an alternate assessment. The alternate assessments allowed for TAKS are SAT, ACT, TSI, and STAAR. Former TAKS, TAAS, and TEAMS examinees should take only the appropriate part of the alternate assessment he or she needs to fulfill testing graduation requirements. More information is available in the Texas Administrative Code §101 .4003.  \nThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has developed the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Alternate (STAAR™ Alternate 2) to meet the federal requirements mandated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a federal education law reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind law. STAAR Alternate 2 is designed for the purpose of assessing students in grades 3–8 and high school who have significant cognitive disabilities and are receiving special education services.  \nIOWA is a norm-referenced achievement test that measures students’ academic achievement in reading, writing, language arts, mathematics , science , and social studies.  \nLogramos is a norm-referenced achievement test for students whose primary language of instruction is Spanish. It measures students’ academic achievement in reading, language arts , mathematics , science , and social studies.  \nTELPAS is designed to measure the English language proficiency of K–12 English Language Learners in four language domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing.  \nTEA has developed the TELPAS Alternate (TELPAS Alt) assessment to meet the federal requirements mandated under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which requires states to administer an alternate English language proficiency (ELP) assessment for English learners (ELs) with the most significant cognitive disabilities who cannot participate in the general ELP assessment, even with allowable accommodations.  \nThe CogAT measures reasoning and problem-solving skills in three different areas: verbal , quantitative , and nonverbal. Reasoning skills develop gradually throughout a person’s lifetime and at different rates for different individuals. Reasoning abilities are good predictors of success in school and are important outcomes of good schooling. CogAT does not measure such factors as effort, attention , motivation , and work habits , which also contribute importantly to school achievement.  \n1 of 2  \nRev","cbCaihTOIL5UobY8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihTOIL5UobY8","pdf",388780,"English","# Explanation and Description of Assessments\n## ESSA requirement and overview of assessments\n## Transition from TAKS to STAAR and EOC exams\n## Options for students with TAKS graduation requirements\n## Alternate assessments and student support assessments\n## Contact and where to find study guides","[{\"question\":\"Why does Houston ISD send parents this assessment explanation letter?\",\"answer\":\"ESSA requires all Title I schools to provide parents with a description and explanation of the academic assessment forms used to measure student progress.\"},{\"question\":\"What changed when Texas moved from TAKS to STAAR?\",\"answer\":\"STAAR replaced TAKS. 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